Master
Avalon Morrison Park Apartments, LLC v. Master
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
AVALON MORRISON PARK APARTMENTS, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-09914 NC 12 Plaintiff, ORDER FOR DEFENDANTS TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE v. SHOULD NOT BE REMANDED FOR LACK OF FEDERAL SUBJECT ARTHUR MASTER and DEJAN MATTER JURISDICTION KUZMANOVIC, Re: ECF 1 Defendants.
18 Defendants Arthur Master and Dejan Kuzmanovic removed this unlawful detainer 19 case to this court from Santa Clara County Superior Court. ECF 1. This Order requires 20 them to show cause in writing by January 18, 2022, as to why this case should not be 21 remanded back to the Superior Court for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction. 22 The federal courts are courts of “limited jurisdiction” and only have jurisdiction as 23 authorized by the Constitution and Congress. Owen Equip. & Erection Co. v. Kroger, 437 24 U.S. 365, 374 (1978). The party seeking to invoke federal court jurisdiction (here, the 25 defendants) has the burden of…