Eriksson, LLC v. Loveland Products, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ERIKSSON, LLC, CASE NO. 1:20-CV-0464 AWI SAB

Plaintiff

v. ORDER REMADNING MATTER FOR

LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER

LOVELAND PRODUCTS, INC., a JURISDICTION Colorado corporation 11 Defendant 12 13 On March 31, 2020, Defendant removed products liability dispute from the Fresno County Superior Court. See Doc. No. 1. The basis for the removal was diversity jurisdiction. See id. The Notice of Removal states that the Plaintiff through a demand letter seeks $3.1 million in damages. The notice states that complete diversity exists because Defendant is a citizen of Colorado with its principal place of business in Colorado, and Plaintiff “is a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of California with its principal place of business in Fresno County, California.” See Doc. No. 3. A district court has “a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised the issue…