Nicole Tucker v. FCA US LLC

I. Background

FCA US LLC (“FCA”) removed this action to this Court on April 5, 2021, following the dismissal of the only non-diverse defendant in the case, asserting this Court’s subject matter jurisdiction based upon complete diversity pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). The Complaint contains claims for: 1) violation of California Civil Code § 1793.2(d), 2) violation of California Civil Code § 1793.2(b), 3) violation of California Civil Code § 1793.2(a)(3), 4) breach of express written warranty pursuant to California Civil Code §§ 1791.2(a), 1794, 5) breach of the implied warranty of merchantability pursuant to California Civil Code §§ 1791.1, 1794, 1795.5, and 6) fraud by omission. Plaintiffs Nicole Tucker and Marques Tucker (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) now move to remand, arguing that FCA has not satisfied the applicable preponderance-of-the-evidence standard for demonstrating the minimum amount in controversy over $75,000 for diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). See Urbino v. Orkin Servs. of Cal., Inc., 726 F.3d 1118, 1121-22 (9th Cir. 2013) (“Where, as here, it is unclear or ambiguous from the face of a state-court complaint whether the requisite…