Coleman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TAKORI JULIANA COLEMAN, on behalf Case No. 3:23-cv-03437-JD of herself and others similarly situated, 8 Plaintiff, ORDER RE REMAND 9 v. 10 HAT WORLD, INC.; and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive Defendants.

Plaintiff Takori Juliana Coleman, on behalf of herself and a putative class of California employees, sued defendant Hat World, Inc. (Hat World) and unnamed Doe defendants for wage and hour violations under the California Labor Code and the Business and Professions Code Section 17200. Dkt. No. 1-2. Coleman originally sued in the Superior Court for Alameda County, and Hat World removed the action to this Court on traditional diversity grounds. Dkt. No. 1 at 3- 10 (citing 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a)(1), 1441(a)). To be clear, removal was not made under the Class Action Fairness Act. Coleman asks for a remand to the Superior Court. Dkt. No. 11. The case is remanded for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). The only dispute with respect to diversity jurisdiction is whether the…