Patra
Patra v. General Motors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 CHINARI SANTOSH KUMAR PATRA, Case No. 23-cv-04322-BLF
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
9 v. REMAND; GRANTING MOTION TO
DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
10 GENERAL MOTORS LLC, [Re: ECF Nos. 12, 14] 11 Defendant.
12 13 Plaintiff Chinari Santosh Kumar Patra (“Patra”) filed this suit against Defendant General 14 Motors LLC (“GM”) in Santa Clara County Superior Court, asserting fives causes of action 15 related to an allegedly defective Chevy Bolt. ECF No. 1-1 (“Compl.”). Defendant removed the 16 case to federal district court based on diversity jurisdiction. ECF No. 1 (“Not. of Removal”) ¶ 1. 17 Two motions are before the Court. Plaintiff moves to remand the case to state court, 18 arguing that GM has not shown that the parties are diverse, the amount in controversy exceeds 19 $75,000, or removal was proper. ECF No. 14 (“MTR”); ECF No. 24 (“MTR Reply”); ECF No. 25 20 (“MTR Objections”). Defendant opposes. ECF No. 23…