Emerzon E. Estrada v. General Motors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Oremore of Riverside RC LLC, a business entity; DOES 1-10, inclusive

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EMERZON E. ESTRADA, an 2:25-cv-09029-DSF-AJR individual, Plaintiff, Order DENYING Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand (Dkt. 15) v.

GENERAL MOTORS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and OREMORE OF RIVERSIDE RC LLC., a business entity; DOES 1-10, inclusive, Defendants.

Defendants General Motors LLC (GM) and Oremore of Riverside RC LLC removed this lemon law case on the basis of federal question jurisdiction under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. Dkt. 1 (NOR). Plaintiff Emerzon E. Estrada moves to remand. Dkt. 15 (Mot.). The Court deems this matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; Local Rule 7-15. Estrada’s motion is

DENIED.

I. Legal Standard

“Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction” and “possess only that power authorized by Constitution and statute[.]” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). A defendant may remove an action to federal court if the federal court could exercise subject matter jurisdiction over the action. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). “The removal statute is strictly construed against removal…