Angela Madatovian v. Bayer Healthcare LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANGELA MADATOVIAN, Case No. 2:24-cv-10232-FLA (MAAx)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE

REMANDED FOR LACK OF

SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC,

15 Defendant.

17 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). The Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) vests original jurisdiction in district courts over a purported class action if all the following…