Shak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KATIE SHAK, Case No.: 21-cv-01631-AJB-AGS

12 Plaintiff, ORDER: 13 v. (1) GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO REMAND; AND

USI INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC, a limited liability company; DUKE TOMEI, (2) DENYING DEFENDANTS’ 16 an individual; and DOES 1 through10, MOTION TO DISMISS AS MOOT inclusive, (Docs. No. 11, 13) 18 Defendants. 19 20 21 22 23 Before the Court is Plaintiff Katie Shak’s (“Shak”) motion to remand, (Doc. No. 11), and Defendants USI Insurance Services, LLC (“USI”) and Duke Tomei’s (“Tomei”) (collectively, “Defendants”) motion to dismiss, (Doc. No. 13). The Court has reviewed the parties’ moving papers. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Shak’s motion to remand and DENIES AS MOOT Defendants’ motion to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND This is an employment discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and hostile work environment action under California law brought by Shak against her former employer, USI, and…