Law Office of Guy Levy, Inc. v. Moishes Moving Systems

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAW OFFICE OF GUY LEVY, INC., Case No.: 21-cv-1212-L (AGS)

Plaintiff,

ORDER REMANDING ACTION TO

v. STATE COURT MOISHE’S MOVING SYSTEMS, LLC, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Defendant Moishe’s Moving Systems LLC removed this action from state court 18 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1331 and 1441, and 49 U.S.C. § 14706. For the reasons stated 19 below, the action is remanded. 20 "Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They possess only that power 21 authorized by Constitution or statute, which is not to be expanded by judicial decree. It is 22 to be presumed that a cause lies outside this limited jurisdiction, and the burden of 23 establishing the contrary rests upon the party asserting jurisdiction." Kokkonen v. 24 Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994) (citations omitted). 25 Consistent with the limited jurisdiction of federal courts, the removal statute is 26 strictly construed against removal. Gaus v. Miles, Inc., 980 F.2d 564, 566 (9th Cir. 27…