Golnaz Afgo Ahmadi v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:24-cv-06007-JLS-JPR Date: August 12, 2024 Title: Golnaz Afgo Ahmadi v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC et al

Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Charles Rojas N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendant:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

CASE SHOULD NOT BE REMANDED TO STATE COURT

Plaintiff filed this lemon-law action in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging that Defendant violated the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (“Song- Beverly Act”) and other state laws. (Compl., Doc. 1-2 ¶¶ 18–47.) Defendant timely removed this action, invoking this Court’s diversity jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a), 1441(a), 1446(b)(1); (NOR, Doc. 1 ¶ 32.)

To fall within this Court’s diversity jurisdiction, an action must (1) be between “citizens of different States,” and (2) have an amount in controversy that “exceeds the sum or value of…