Jordan

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 KIMBERLY JORDAN, CASE NO. 1:19-cv-01527-AWI-SAB

5 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

6 v. MOTION TO REMAND

7 FCA US, LLC; and DOES 1 through 20, (Doc. No. 8)

8 Defendant.

9 10 1. Introduction 11 This lemon law lawsuit is about a consumer, Plaintiff Kimberly Jordan (“Plaintiff”), who 12 allegedly purchased a defective car that was manufactured by Defendant FCA US, LLC 13 (“Defendant”). Plaintiff initially filed this lawsuit in California state court, and then Defendant 14 removed the lawsuit to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a) and 1441, asserting that this 15 Court has diversity jurisdiction because Plaintiff and Defendant are citizens of different states and 16 the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000. Plaintiff then moved this Court to remand the lawsuit 17 back to California state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447, arguing that this Court lacks diversity 18 jurisdiction because the amount in controversy does not exceed $75,000. …