Gonzalez v. ArborWorks, LLC

Filing 31

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION to Remand Action to State Court, signed by District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff on 03/06/2025. REMANDING CASE to Madera County Superior Court. Certified copy of remand order sent to other court. CASE CLOSED. (Deputy Clerk CM)

1 MELMED LAW GROUP P.C.
Jonathan Melmed (SBN 290218)
2 [e-mail]
Meghan Higday (SBN 334626)
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1801 Century Park East, Suite 850
4 Los Angeles, California 90067
Phone: [phone]
5 Fax: [phone]
6 Attorneys for Plaintiff, the Putative Class, and the
Aggrieved Employees
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SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP
8 GREG S. LABATE, (SBN 149918)
[e-mail]
9 650 Town Center Drive, 10th Floor
Costa Mesa, California 92626
10 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 714.513.5130
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SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP
12 KEAHN N. MORRIS, (SBN 260058)
[e-mail]
13 GAL GRESSEL (Cal. Bar No. 286312)
[e-mail]
14 NINA MONTAZERI, (SBN 329440)
[e-mail]
15 Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111-4109
16 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 415.434.3947
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Attorneys for Defendant ARBORWORKS, LLC
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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21 RAMON TOVAR GONZALEZ, an
individual, on behalf of himself, and on behalf
22 of all others similarly situated,
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Plaintiff,

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ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION TO
REMAND ACTION TO STATE COURT

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ARBORWORKS, LLC, a California Limited
Liability Company; and DOES 1 TO 50,

Defendants.

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PREJUDICE

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ORDER
On March 3, 2025, the parties filed a joint stipulation to remand this action to state court in

3 light of the parties’ agreement to settle this action. Doc. 30. Pursuant to the stipulation, and good
4 cause appearing, this action is remanded to the Madera County Superior Court (Case No.
5 MCV087349).
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In the event the parties’ settlement is not approved by the Madera County Superior Court,

7 this stipulation and order will be void ab initio. See Dickerson v. Aera Energy, LLC, Case No.
8 1:21-CV-01384-JLT-BAK, 2022 WL 4182190 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 13, 2022) (granting parties’
9 stipulation to remand case to state court in light of parties’ settlement agreement and providing
10 that stipulation and order would be void ab initio if settlement was not approved); see also Dunn
11 v. SHC Servs., Inc., 1:21-cv-00744-NONE-SAB, 2021 WL 5371426 (Nov. 18, 2021) (same).
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The Clerk of Court is directed to mail a copy of this order to the Madera County Superior

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15 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated:

March 6, 2025
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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