Angela Kazanchyan v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:23-cv-05703-JLS-JC Date: September 28, 2023 Title: Angela Kazanchyan et al v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. et al

Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Gabby Garcia N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendant:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE REMAND

Plaintiff Angela Kazanchyan filed this action in Los Angeles County Superior Court. (Compl., Doc. 1-1.) Defendants Volkswagen Group of America and Jones BH Acquisition, LLC removed, asserting that this Court has diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. (Notice of Removal, Doc. 1.)

To fall within federal courts’ diversity jurisdiction, an action’s amount in controversy must “exceed[] the sum or value of $75,000.” 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). When a Defendant removes to federal court, its “notice of removal . . . must ‘contain[] a short and plain statement of the grounds for…