Liana Hampartsoumian v. State Farm General Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:25-cv-00404-JLS-AS Date: February 17, 2025 Title: Liana Hampartsoumian v. State Farm General Insurance Company et al

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

Kelly Davis N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendant:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER (1) TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

CASE SHOULD NOT BE REMANDED TO STATE COURT

AND (2) CONTINUING HEARING ON DEFENDANT’S

MOTION TO DISMISS (Doc. 13)

Plaintiff Liana Hampartsoumian filed this action in Los Angeles County Superior Court. (Ex. B to Notice of Removal (“NOR”), Compl., Doc. 1-2.) Defendant State Farm General Insurance Company removed, invoking this Court’s diversity jurisdiction. (NOR, Doc. 1.)

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 $75,000.” 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). “A defendant’s…