Bryan Cruz v. Mercedes-Benz USA LLC
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 BRYAN CRUZ, Case № 2:20-cv-05167-ODW (JCx)
Plaintiff,
v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 14 M ERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC, et al., REMAND [11]
15 Defendants.
16 I. INTRODUCTION On May 7, 2020, Plaintiff Bryan Cruz (“Cruz”) filed this action in the Superior 19 Court of California, County of Los Angeles. (Notice of Removal (“Notice”) ¶ 1, 20 Ex. A (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1.) Defendant Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (“MBUSA”) 21 removed the matter based on alleged diversity jurisdiction. (Notice ¶ 5.) Cruz moves 22 to remand, arguing that (1) MBUSA fails to establish that the amount in controversy is 23 more than $75,000 and (2) complete diversity is lacking because Cruz is not domiciled 24 in California (“Motion”). (Mot. to Remand (“Mot.”) 1, ECF No. 11.) The Court finds 25 that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction and REMANDS this action to state court.1 26
28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed…