Mark Goins v. Howmedica Osteonics Corporation

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

Case No. CV 20-00152 PA (SPx) Date January 24, 2020 Title Mark Goins v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp., et al.

Present: The Honorable PERCY ANDERSON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE T. Jackson Not Reported N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter Tape No. Attorneys Present for Plaintiff: Attorneys Present for Defendants: None None Proceedings: IN CHAMBERS - COURT ORDER The Court is in receipt of a Notice of Removal filed by defendants Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., and DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. (“Removing Defendants”). (Dkt. No. 1.) The Notice alleges that the Court possesses diversity jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, having subject matter jurisdiction only over matters authorized by the Constitution and Congress. See Kokkonen v, Guardian Life…