Carranza
Carranza v. Field Asset Services, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 REMBERTO CARRANZA, Case No. 3:23-cv-02874-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON MOTION TO REMAND
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 12 FIELD ASSET SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Remberto Carranza alleges that he was an employee of Field Asset Services, that he was misclassified as an independent contractor, and that he was not paid proper wages under various California state laws. The defendants removed the case from state court and now Carranza filed a motion to remand. Because I lack subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case, the motion is GRANTED. BACKGROUND Under this district’s local rules, this case was related to the underlying worker misclassification and wage-and-hour litigation in Bowerman v. Field Asset Services, No. 13-cv- 00057 (N.D. Cal. April 4, 2023), which was initially filed on January 7, 2013. (“Bowerman Dkt.”) No. 1. This Order assumes familiarity with that case and procedural history, as well as the holding in…