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Parties Involved:
Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC
Defendant
James Mario Oates
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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JOINT STIPULATION RE REMAND; ORDER 

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HAINES LAW GROUP, APC 

Paul K. Haines (SBN 248226) 

phaines@haineslawgroup.com 

Sean M. Blakely (SBN 264384) 

sblakely@haineslawgroup.com 

Diana M. Martinez (SBN 322654) 

dmartinez@haineslawgroup.com 

222 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 1550 

El Segundo, California 90245 

Tel: (424) 292-2350 

Fax: (424) 292-2355 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

KRISTA M. CABRERA, CA Bar No. 190595 

 kcabrera@foley.com 

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

3579 VALLEY CENTRE DRIVE, SUITE 300 

SAN DIEGO, CA 92130 

TELEPHONE: 858.847.6700 

FACSIMILE: 858.792.6773 

Attorneys for Defendant 

[Additional Counsel on Next Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES MARIO OATES, as an 

individual and on behalf of all others 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS USA, 

LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company; and DOES 1 through 100, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:19-CV-01045-KJMCKD__ 

[Assigned to the Hon. Kimberly J. 

Mueller] 

JOINT STIPULATION TO 

REMAND REMOVED ACTION; 

ORDER 

Action Filed: April 4, 2019 

Trial Date: None set

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KALEB N. BERHE, CA Bar No. 302080 

 kberhe@foley.com 

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

555 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 3300 

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071-2411 

TELEPHONE: 213.972.4500 

FACSIMILE: 213.486.0065 

Attorneys for Defendant 

 

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JOINT STIPULATION RE REMAND; ORDER 

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR 

ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 

Plaintiffs James Oates and Marcus Hammond (“Plaintiffs”), on the one hand, 

and Defendant Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC (“Defendant”), on the other, 

(collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their counsel of record, hereby stipulate 

and agree as follows: 

 WHEREAS, on April 4, 2019, Plaintiff filed a class action complaint in the 

Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Solano, Case No. FCS 

052653 (the “Class Action”), alleging wage and hour violations under California 

law; 

 WHEREAS, Defendant removed the Class Action to the United States 

District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:19-CV-01045-KJMCKD, on or about June 6, 2019; 

 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs dispute whether Defendant’s removal of the Class 

Action under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(d), 1441, 

1446, and 1453 (“CAFA”) was proper and whether the Court has subject matter 

jurisdiction over the Class Action; 

WHEREAS, the Parties attended a mediation session on February 19, 2020 

with the Honorable Peter D. Lichtman (Ret.), and prior to mediation, the Parties 

exchanged substantial information and documents to facilitate settlement 

discussions; 

WHEREAS, after extensive investigation and discovery, the Parties have 

determined that the amount in controversy in the Class Action is less than $5 

million, the jurisdictional minimum required for subject matter jurisdiction under 

the CAFA is not met, and it would be proper for the Class Action to be remanded 

to the Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Solano in order 

to preserve this Court’s judicial resources. See 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) (“If at any time 

before final judgment it appears that the district court lacks subject matter 

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jurisdiction, the case shall be remanded.”) (emphasis added); 

 WHEREAS, the Parties are also aware of heavy caseload for the judges in 

the Eastern District of California and believe that remand is appropriate to conserve 

the judicial resources in this district. See Standing Order In Light of Ongoing 

Judicial Emergency in the Eastern District of California (“The judges of the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California have long labored under 

one of the heaviest caseloads in the nation even when operating with a full 

complement of six authorized District Judges...”). 

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT the 

Class Action be remanded to the Superior Court for the State of California for the 

County of Solano, where the Class Action was first filed, that all class certification 

motion deadlines be vacated, and that the Parties agree to bear their own attorneys’ 

fees and costs with respect to the removal and subsequent remand of the Class 

Action. 

IT SO STIPULATED. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: April 16, 2020 HAINES LAW GROUP, APC

 By: _/s/ Paul K. Haines__________________ 

Paul K. Haines 

Sean M. Blakely 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: April 16, 2020 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

By: __/s/ Krista M. Cabrera (as authorized on 

April 16, 2020)_________ 

Krista M. Cabrera 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

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ORDER 

After reviewing the “Parties’ Stipulation to Remand Removed Action (the 

“Stipulation”), and with GOOD CAUSE appearing therefore, the Court orders as 

follows: 

1. The Stipulation is approved and the request for remand is granted. 

2. Eastern District of California Case No. 2:19-CV-01045-KJM-CKD is 

hereby remanded to the Superior Court for the State of California for the 

County of Solano. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 21, 2020. 

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