Jamie Reyes v. Midway Importing, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMIE REYES, Case No. 2:24-cv-03940-FLA (AJRx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE

REMANDED FOR LACK OF

SUBJECT MATTER

MIDWAY IMPORTING, INC., et al., JURISDICTION; ORDER Defendants. VACATING SCHEDULING

CONFERENCE

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Federal courts are courts of “limited jurisdiction,” possessing only “power authorized by the Constitution and statute[.]” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994); U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, cl. 1. Courts are presumed to lack jurisdiction unless the contrary appears affirmatively from the record. See DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno, 547 U.S. 332, 342 n. 3 (2006). Additionally, federal courts have an obligation to examine jurisdiction sua sponte before proceeding to the merits of a case. See Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co., 526 U.S. 574, 583 (1999). Federal courts have jurisdiction…