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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

SECOND ORDER RE: 

SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMISSIONS 

ON MOTION FOR REMAND 

The Court previously ordered defendants to submit further evidence substantiating 

their assumptions regarding the work-related miles driven by the putative class members 

for purposes of determining the amount in controversy in this case. Dkt. No. 23. In 

response, defendants submitted a declaration which states that, based on a review of 

Lincare records from January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014, “those employees submitting 

mileage reimbursement during that time period claim to have driven an average of 1,448 

miles each month on behalf of the Company.” Dkt. No. 27-1 at 2-3. Defendants then 

multiply the average amount by the total number of months worked by the 842 putative 

class members. See Dkt. No. 17-1 at 2; 27 at 3. However, the declaration does not indicate 

whether all the employees in the sample period submitted mileage reimbursement requests 

for all the months in that period. Plaintiff asserts that she will not seek recovery on her 

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