Gene Moran v. Office Depot, Inc.

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 8:20-cv-02043-JLS-JDE Date: June 16, 2021 Title: Gene Moran v. Office Depot, Inc. Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Melissa Kunig N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANT:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF

SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

Plaintiff filed this putative class action on October 23, 2020, asserting a number of California consumer protection claims. (See Compl., Doc. 1; First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), Doc. 15.) Although Plaintiff seeks to represent a class of similarly situated persons, he has not invoked the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), which “gives federal district courts original jurisdiction over class actions in which the class members number at least 100, at least one plaintiff is diverse in citizenship from any defendant, and the aggregate amount in controversy exceeds $5 million, exclusive of interest and…