Adams
Adams v. Google LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LORENZO ADAMS,
Case No. 25-cv-05020 NC Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO
v. DEFENDANT GOOGLE LLC RE:
GOOGLE LLC, REMOVAL
14 Defendant.
16 On June 13, 2025, defendant Google LLC removed this case to this Court from Santa Clara County Superior Court. Dkt. No. 1. The federal court is a court of limited jurisdiction and the party asserting jurisdiction (here, Google) has the burden of establishing a basis to be in federal court. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). The Court may consider the issue of subject matter jurisdiction sua sponte at any time during the proceeding. Valdez v. Allstate Ins. Co., 372 F.3d 1115, 1116 (9th Cir. 2004) (federal courts are “obligated to consider sua sponte whether [they] have subject matter jurisdiction”). Here, Google asserts that federal subject matter jurisdiction is established through diversity of citizenship and the amount…