Villarroel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PAMELA VILLARROEL, Case No. 23-cv-03717-PCP

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR

v. LEAVE TO AMEND AND TO

REMAND

STAPLES, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 12, 13 Defendants.

12 In this employment lawsuit, Plaintiff Pamela Villarroel brings claims including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Defendant Staples, Inc. and two other Staples-associated entities.1 These claims all arise from Ms. Villarroel’s work at Staples from 2018 to 2021. Although Ms. Villarroel filed suit in California state court, Staples removed her lawsuit to federal court. Staples contends that removal is proper because Ms. Villarroel is a California citizen and Staples is a Delaware corporation principally operating out of Massachusetts, such that this case falls within the Court’s diversity jurisdiction. Ms. Villarroel now moves both to remand her lawsuit to California state court and to file an amended…