Petker

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LILA JESSIKA PETKER; SEDONA No. 2:23-cv-00317-JAM-CKD

PETKER,

12 Plaintiff, 13 ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S v. MOTION TO DISMISS CLAIMS FOR 14 DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATUTORY LIMIT

15 DANY E. FELIX, and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive, 16 Defendant. 17 18 Before the Court is the United States’s (“Defendant” or 19 “Government”) motion dismiss claims for damages in excess of the 20 statutory limit. See Mot., ECF No. 29. Plaintiffs Lila Jessika 21 Petker (“Jessika”) and Sedona Petker (“Sedona”) (collectively, 22 “Plaintiffs”) opposed. See Opp’n, ECF No. 31. The United States 23 replied. See Reply, ECF No. 32. The United States moves to 24 limit the damages Plaintiffs may recover under Rule 12(b)(1) for 25 lack of jurisdiction over claims exceeding the sum certain of 26 $25,000, or alternatively, for judgment that limits the damages 27 to the sum certain under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. As discussed below, 28 the Court…