Padilla

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 VERONICA PADILLA, Case No. 1:24-cv-00292-KES-SKO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE REGARDING Plaintiff, SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION 12 v. (Doc. 1)

BLUE CLOUD INVESTMENT

HOLDINGS LLC, 15 Defendant. 16 On February 1, 2024, Plaintiff Veronica Padilla commenced this action in Tulare County 17 Superior Court asserting claims under the California Labor Code and a related claim for wrongful 18 termination. (Doc. 1 at 12–33.) On March 8, 2024, Defendant Blue Cloud Investment Holdings, 19 LLC removed this action to federal court based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. §1332. 20 (Doc. 1.) 21 For the following reasons, the Court finds Defendant’s Notice of Removal to be deficient 22 and orders Defendant to show cause why this action should not be remanded to Tulare County 23 Superior Court.

I. LEGAL STANDARD

25 “Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction.” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of 26 Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). “They possess only that…