Stevenson
Stevenson v. Becker
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KIM STEVENSON, et al., Case No. 23-cv-02277-HSG
Plaintiffs,
v. ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO
REMAND
GREG W. BECKER, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 56, 39 Defendants. STEPHEN ROSSI, et al., Case No. 23-cv-02335-HSG
Plaintiffs,
v.
GREG W. BECKER, et al., Defendants.
17 Before the Court are Plaintiffs’ two motions to remand in these related cases. Dkt. No. 56 in 23-cv-2277; Dkt No. 39 in 23-cv-2335. The Court held a hearing, Dkt. Nos. 77, 57, and DENIES the motions. I. BACKGROUND This is a putative class action initially filed in Santa Clara Superior Court. Dkt. No. 1-2 (“Compl.”) ¶ 1. According to the complaint, SVB Financial Group (SVB) was a bank that specialized in accepting deposits from and lending to startup companies, particularly ones based in the Silicon Valley region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Id. ¶ 37. In 2021, SVB announced that