Watson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMANDA WATSON, Case No. 23-cv-02345-VC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. LEAVE TO AMEND AND

REMANDING THE CASE

TRANSDEV ALTERNATIVE SERVICES,

INC., Re: Dkt. No. 14 Defendant.

The motion for leave to amend is granted. Accordingly, the case is remanded due to the joinder of nondiverse defendant Hassinger. 28 U.S.C. § 1447(e). This ruling assumes the reader is familiar with the facts, the applicable legal standard, and the arguments made by the parties. The district court has discretion to decide whether to allow the joinder of a party that will destroy diversity. Newcombe v. Adolf Coors Co., 157 F.3d 686, 691 (9th Cir. 1998). District courts have identified a series of factors that can inform that decision, but “any of these factors may be determinative, and none is absolutely necessary for joinder.” Murphy v. American General Life Insurance Company, 74 F.Supp.3d 1267, 1278 (2015). Most significant in this case is the central role that Hassinger plays in the alleged events that underlie this lawsuit. According to the allegations in both…