Golden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRYAN GOLDEN, Case No. 23-cv-04224-PCP

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. REMAND

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 12, 13, 23 Defendants.

Plaintiff Bryan Golden filed this action against defendants Microsoft Corporation, Mark Weiss, Izumi Kawahara, Steve Miczak, Garrett Faulkner, and DOES 1-20 in Santa Clara Superior Court on June 27, 2023. Mr. Golden alleges age, sex, and gender discrimination and other violations of California law relating to his termination from Microsoft in June 2021. On August 18, 2023, the then-served defendants, Microsoft and Mr. Weiss, filed a timely notice of removal with this Court, contending that the individual defendants (all of whom, like Mr. Golden, are California residents) were fraudulently joined and should have their citizenship disregarded in determining jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b). Before the Court are Mr. Golden’s motion to remand, Dkt. No. 23,…