Stelly

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BRUCE STELLY, Case No. 25-cv-08933-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

v. DIVERSITY JURISDICTION

TESLA, INC. et al, Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a California citizen, filed this state-law action against Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”), “TY (LAST NAME UNKNOWN),” and “TONY (LAST NAME UNKNOWN)” in state court. (Dkt. No. 1-1 ¶¶ 7-9.) Tesla removed the action to federal court on diversity jurisdiction grounds. (Dkt. No. 1.) A defendant may remove an action from state court to federal court so long as the federal court has original jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). Federal subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1) requires complete diversity of citizenship and an amount in controversy in excess of $75,000. The defendant seeking removal “bears the burden of establishing that removal is proper,” and the “removal statute is strictly construed against removal jurisdiction.” Provincial Gov’t of Marinduque v. Placer…