Kenyon Terrell v. Morgan Truck Body, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENYON TERRELL, Case No. 5:24-cv-00824-SB-DTB

Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

MORGAN TRUCK BODY, LLC et al., SUBJECT-MATTER

JURISDICTION

Defendants.

Plaintiff Kenyon Terrell filed the complaint in this wrongful termination case in Riverside County Superior Court on March 11, 2024. Defendant Morgan Truck Body, LLC filed a notice of removal on April 18, 2024. Dkt. No. 1.

Federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction only over matters authorized by the U.S. Constitution and Congress. See e.g., Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). This Court has a duty to assess whether federal subject-matter jurisdiction exists and may consider the issue sua sponte at any stage of the proceedings. See Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hughes, 358 F.3d 1089, 1093 (9th Cir. 2004); see also Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co., 526 U.S. 574, 583 (1999) (recognizing that “Article III generally requires a federal court to satisfy itself of its jurisdiction over the subject matter before it considers the merits of a case”).

A federal district court has original jurisdiction over a civil action when…