Transguard Insurance Company of America Inc v. Cummins Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TRANSGUARD INSURANCE Case No. 2:25-cv-02206-FLA (ASx)
COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY Plaintiff, ACTION SHOULD NOT BE v. REMANDED FOR LACK OF
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
15 CUMMINS, INC., et al., Defendants.
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDER Federal courts are courts of “limited jurisdiction,” possessing “only that 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. District 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…