Pedro Santiago Ortiz v. General Motors, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL

Case No. 2:25-cv-08887-MCS-RAO Date September 25, 2025 Title Ortiz v. General Motors, LLC

Present: The Honorable Mark C. Scarsi, United States District Judge

Stephen Montes Kerr —_———NotReported Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorney(s) Present for Plaintiff(s): Attorney(s) Present for Defendant(s): None Present None Present

Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: SUBJECT-MATTER

JURISDICTION

The complaint in this case alleges a violation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act. (See generally Compl., ECF No. 1-1.) Defendant General Motors, LLC removed the action from state court, invoking diversity jurisdiction. (Not., ECF No. 1.) The Court questions its jurisdiction over the action. See Gonzalez v. Thaler, 565 U.S. 134, 141 (2012) (obliging courts to examine subject-matter jurisdiction issues sua sponte). Federal courts are of limited jurisdiction, having subject-matter jurisdiction only over matters authorized by the Constitution and Congress. Kokkonen v. …