Gastelum
Gastelum v. Starbucks
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 FERNANDO GASTELUM, Case No. 22-cv-08149-NC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY STATE LAW CLAIMS SHOULD v. NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER
STARBUCKS CORPORATION, JURISDICTION
14 Defendant. Re: ECF 65, 66 15 16 This Court orders Fernando Gastelum to show cause why his state law claims under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, Disabled Persons Act, and for malice and oppression should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). District courts have subject matter jurisdiction through federal question or diversity jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332. Diversity jurisdiction requires complete diversity of citizenship and an amount in controversy greater than $75,000. 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). Gastelum claims…