Remillard
Remillard v. The Charles Machine Works
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CHRISTOPHER LEE REMILLARD,
Case No. 23-cv-02639-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO REMAND THE CHARLES MACHINE WORKS, et al., Defendants.
15 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Christopher Lee Remillard filed this putative wage and hour class action in Sonoma County Superior Court, raising nine state law claims for relief. Defendants then removed under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Plaintiff has moved to remand on the grounds that Defendants have not shown CAFA’s $5 million amount-in- controversy requirement is satisfied. This motion is suitable for disposition without oral argument, see Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), and for the reasons discussed below, it is denied. II. LEGAL STANDARD CAFA provides federal court jurisdiction over class actions where three requirements are satisfied: (1) “the class has more than…