Californias Favorite C-Store Company v. Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:23-cv-06530-JLS-SK Date: August 31, 2023 Title: California’s Favorite C-Store, Co. v. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Gabby Garcia N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANT:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF

SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

Defendant ADP, Inc. removed this action on August 10, 2023, invoking the court’s diversity jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 1332. (See Notice of Removal (“NOR”), Doc 1.)

“Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction.” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). As the party invoking federal jurisdiction, Defendant has the burden of establishing that this case lies within the Court’s limited jurisdiction. See id.

A federal court has diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 if the parties to the action are citizens of…