UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KRIS KENNY, on behalf of himself No. 17-56809 and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 5:17-cv-00967- v. R-KK WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Delaware Corporation; WAL-MART OPINION ASSOCIATES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 9, 2018 Pasadena, California

Filed February 1, 2018 2 KENNY V. WAL-MART STORES

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and MICHELLE T. FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and JED S. RAKOFF, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

SUMMARY **

Remand / Removal

The panel vacated the district court’s order remanding a putative class action to California state court because the district court exceeded