Morgan Denae Sarber v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MORGAN DENAE SARBER, Case No. 8:24-cv-00687-JWH-JDE
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v. REGARDING SUBJECT MATTER
JURISDICTION
RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, and DOES 1-20, inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Before the Court is the motion of Plaintiff Morgan Denae Sarber to remand this case to Orange County Superior Court. In broad strokes, Sarber argues that Defendant Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“RSLIC”) has not presented sufficient evidence to establish that the amount in controversy in this action exceeds the $75,000 statutory threshold for this Court to exercise subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. On its own motion, the Court DIRECTS the parties to engage in jurisdictional discovery and to provide supplemental briefing regarding the amount in controversy. The Court is vested with “broad discretion” to permit or deny discovery. Laub v. U.S. Dept. of…