Paola Andrea Fontana v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Case 2:22-cv-03148-ODW-AGR Document Filed 08/12/ Page 1 of Page ID #:222

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6 7 United States District Court Central District of California 10 11 PAOLA ANDREA FONTANA, Case № 2:22-cv-03148-ODW(AGRx)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND [20] v.

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA,

16 INC., et al.,

17 Defendants. 18 I. INTRODUCTION This is a lemon law case that Plaintiff Paola Andrea Fontana now moves to 21 remand to state court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (Mot. Remand (“Motion” 22 or “Mot.”) 1, ECF No. 20.) Fontana argues that Defendant Volkswagen Group of 23 America, Inc. (“VW America”) fails to meet its burden to establish diversity 24 jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) because the amount in controversy is less than 25 the jurisdictional threshold of $75,000 and because Fontana properly joined a non- 26 diverse defendant, Volkswagen Santa Monica, LLC (“VW Dealer”) to the action. 27 28 Case 2:22-cv-03148-ODW-AGR Document Filed 08/12/ Page 2 of …