Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CRISTIAN LOPEZ, Case No.: 23-cv-0429-L-AHG Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. REMAND SEAWORLD PARKS & [ECF No. 8] ENTERTAINMENT, INC., and DOES 14 1–100, 15 Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Cristian Lopez’s (“Plaintiff”) motion to remand. (ECF No. 8.) Defendant Seaworld LLC (“Defendant”), erroneously sued as Seaworld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., filed an opposition. (ECF No. 13.) For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff’s motion to remand is denied. I. BACKGROUND On January 31, 2023, Plaintiff, a citizen of California, filed a complaint in San Diego Superior Court. (ECF No. 6, at 3, 6.) Defendant was served with the complaint on February 7, 2023. (ECF No. 13-1, Marrero Decl., at 2.) Defendant filed a notice of removal in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on March 8, 2023, asserting diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 as the 27 …