Arnold

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KIMBLY ARNOLD and BYRON Case No. 1:22-CV-01534-JLT-SKO

ARNOLD,

12 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE FEDERAL Plaintiffs, QUESTION JURISDICTION 13 v. 30-Day Deadline 14 STEARNS LENDING SERVICES LLC, et 15 al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Defendants removed this action from Stanislaus County Superior Court to this Court on 19 November 30, 2022. (Doc. 1.) Defendants cite federal question jurisdiction as the sole basis for 20 the removal. (Doc. 1 at 2–3.) 21 Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and may adjudicate only those cases 22 authorized by federal law. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994); Willy v. 23 Coastal Corp., 503 U.S. 131, 136–37 (1992). “Federal courts are presumed to lack jurisdiction, 24 ‘unless the contrary appears affirmatively from the record.’” Casey v. Lewis, 4 F.3d 1516, 1519 25 (9th Cir. 1993) (quoting Bender v. Williamsport Area Sch. Dist., 475 U.S. 534, 546 (1986)). Lack 26 of subject matter jurisdiction may…