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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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Case No. 14-cv-05350 NC 

ORDER RE: SUPPLEMENTAL 

SUBMISSIONS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ESTELLA F. HUGHES, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

LINCARE, INC., a Delaware corporation; 

LINCARE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; ROBERT FOSDICK; and 

DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 14-cv-05350 NC

ORDER RE: SUPPLEMENTAL 

SUBMISSIONS ON MOTION FOR 

REMAND 

Pending before the Court is plaintiff’s motion to remand the case to state court, 

which is currently set for hearing on February 25, 2015. In calculating the amount in 

controversy for purposes of plaintiff’s unreimbursed business expenses claim, defendants 

rely in part on the assumption that the other 830 members of the putative class drove 80% 

of the miles plaintiff claims to have driven each month. Dkt. Nos. 1, 17. In her reply, 

plaintiff challenges this assumption as unsupported by evidence. Dkt. No. 18. 

By February 20, defendants may submit a supplemental brief, limited to 3 pages, 

accompanied by any declarations or other evidence, providing the basis for the assumption 

regarding the work-related miles driven by the putative class members and explaining why 

that is a reasonable assumption. See Ibarra v. Manheim Investments, Inc., No. 14-56779, 

2015 WL 321659, at *4 (9th Cir. Jan. 8, 2015) “[A] damages assessment may require a 

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