Rashid

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ASHRAF RASHID, Case No.: 20cv573-L-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. REMAND [ECF No. 8] BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC, Defendant. 16 Pending before the Court in this lemon law action is Plaintiff’s motion to remand. Defendant filed an opposition and Plaintiff replied. The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted and without oral argument. See Civ. L. R. 7.1(d)(1). For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff's motion is denied. Defendant removed this action from State court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1443(1) and 1441. "Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They possess only that power authorized by Constitution or statute, which is not to be expanded by judicial decree. It is to be presumed that a cause lies outside this limited jurisdiction, and the burden of establishing the contrary rests upon the party asserting jurisdiction." Kokkonen / / / 27 28 1 …