Chartrand

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDRE CHARTRAND, Case No. 20cv1842-LAB-WVG 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND [Dkt. 8] v.

SOLARFLARE COMMUNICATIONS,

INC.; RUSSELL STERN; and

XILINX, INC.,

15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Andre Chartrand filed this action in the Superior Court of 18 California, County of San Diego, Central Division, alleging claims against his 19 former employer, Solarflare Communications, Inc.; its CEO, Russell Stern; 20 and the company that acquired Solarflare, Xilinx, Inc. He contends generally 21 that Solarflare contracted to do work that violates state privacy laws and, 22 after Chartrand complained and refused to participate in that work, Solarflare 23 and Xilinx retaliated by reducing his compensation and terminating his 24 employment. 25 The case proceeded in state court for seven months. Six months in, 26 Chartrand amended his complaint to join Xilinx as a defendant. Xilinx then 27 removed the case to this Court, contending that the alleged identity of its federal…