Monique Bryant v. Nissan North America, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MONIQUE BRYANT, 2:24-cv-03373-DSF-RAO Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION

v. TO REMAND

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, (Dkt. 11)

INC.,

Defendant.

Plaintiff Monique Bryant moves for remand to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Dkt. 11 (Mot.). Defendant Nissan North America, Inc. opposes. Dkt. 13 (Opp’n). The Court deems this matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; Local Rule 7-15. “Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction” and “possess only that power authorized by [the] Constitution and statute . . . .” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). A defendant may remove an action to federal court if the federal court could exercise subject matter jurisdiction over the action. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). “The removal statute is strictly construed against removal jurisdiction” and “[t]he defendant bears the burden of establishing that removal is proper.” Provincial Gov’t of Marinduque v. Placer Dome, Inc., 582 F.3d 1083, 1087 (9th Cir. 2009). Federal courts have diversity jurisdiction where the amount in controversy…