Perez v. General Motors LLC

I. BACKGROUND

This is a case brought under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (“SBA”). According to the complaint, Plaintiffs bought a 2022 Chevrolet Traverse that suffered from various defects, which Defendant failed to remedy. (Compl. □□□ 6, 9, 12-15, ECF No. 2-1.) The complaint seeks actual, consequential, and incidental damages, restitution, civil penalties, attorneys’ fees and costs, preyudgment interest, and any other relief the Court deems proper. (See id., Prayer for Relief.) Plaintiffs initiated this proceeding in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, No. 25STCV26102. Asserting diversity jurisdiction, Defendant removed the case to this Court. (Notice of Removal, ECF No. 2.)

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II. LEGAL STANDARD

Federal courts are of limited jurisdiction, having subject-matter jurisdiction only over matters authorized by the Constitution and Congress. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). A defendant may remove a civil action in state court to federal court if the federal court has original jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a).…