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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JENNIFER TAG, Case No.: 21cv975-L(MDD)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

v. WITH LEAVE TO AMEND TO

ALLEGE SUBJECT MATTER

i360, LLC et al.,

JURISDICTION

Defendants.

16 In this putative class action alleging invasion of privacy Plaintiff bases federal 17 jurisdiction on the minimal diversity of citizenship required by the Class Action Fairness 18 Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. §1332(d) (“CAFA”). (Compl. at 4.) Because it is not possible to 19 determine on the face of the complaint that minimal diversity is present, the action is 20 dismissed with leave to amend to allege subject matter jurisdiction. 21 Unlike state courts, 22 Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They possess only that power authorized by Constitution and statute, which is not to be expanded by judicial decree. It is to be presumed that a cause lies outside this limited 24 jurisdiction, and the burden of establishing the contrary rests upon…