William Gerald Barnett v. FCA US LLC

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 WILLIAM GERALD BARNETT, SR. Case № 2:20-cv-03180-ODW (ASx) and DIANA T. BARNETT, 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER REMANDING ACTION 13 v.

FCA US LLC; H.W. HUNTER, INC.;

15 and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs William Gerald Barnett, Sr. and Diana T. Barnett (“Plaintiffs”) 20 initiated this action in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. 21 (Notice of Removal (“Notice”) ¶ 2, ECF No. 1; Decl. of Jennifer C. Koo, Ex. A 22 (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1-2.) Defendant FCA US LLC (“FCA”) removed the matter 23 based on alleged diversity jurisdiction. (See Notice at 3, 7.) After reviewing 24 Plaintiffs’ Complaint, FCA’s Notice of Removal, and the parties’ Responses to the 25 Court’s Order to Show Cause, the Court finds that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction 26 and consequently REMANDS this action.1

28 1 The Court deems the matter appropriate for sua sponte decision. United Inv’rs Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell & Reed Inc., 360 F.3d 960, 967 (9th Cir. 2004). …