Melanie Jean Taylor v. LT Hart, Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:24-cv-02509-JLS-AJR Date: April 23, 2024 Title: Melanie Jean Taylor v. LT Hart, Inc et al

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

Charles Rojas 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 WHY THIS

CASE SHOULD NOT BE REMANDED TO STATE COURT

Plaintiff Melanie Jean Taylor filed this personal-injury action in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. (Compl., Doc. 1-1.) Defendant L.T. Hart, Inc. removed, invoking this Court’s diversity jurisdiction. (NOR, Doc. 1.

To fall within this Court’s diversity jurisdiction, an action must (1) be between “citizens of different States,” and (2) have an amount in controversy that “exceeds the sum or value of $75,000.” 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). “A defendant’s notice of removal to federal court must ‘contain[] a short and plain statement of the grounds for removal,” including…