Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc. v. Automated Data Processing, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PLAZA HOME MORTGAGE, Case No.: 3:20-cv-01352-WQH-DEB INC., a California corporation, ORDER Plaintiff, 13 v.
AUTOMATED DATA
PROCESSING, INC., a Delaware corporation doing business as ADP, LLC; and DOES 1 through 17 20, inclusive, Defendants. 19 HAYES, Judge: 20 The matter pending before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendant 21 Automated Data Processing, Inc. (ECF No. 13).
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
23 On March 16, 2020, Plaintiff Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc. initiated this action by 24 filing a Complaint against Defendants Automated Data Processing, Inc. (“ADP”) and 25 DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, in the Superior Court of California for the County of San 26 Diego, where it was assigned case number 37-2020-00016686-CU-BC-CTL. (ECF No. 1- 27 2). On July 16, 2020, Defendant ADP removed the action to this Court pursuant to 28 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332 (diversity jurisdiction), 1441, and 1446. (ECF No. 1). On July 23, 2020, Defendant ADP filed a…