Pfeffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CAROL PFEFFER, Case No.: 22cv0064-L-MDD

Plaintiff,

ORDER REMANDING ACTION TO

v. STATE COURT REGAL ENTERTAINMENT, INC; REGAL CINEMAS, INC. et al., 14 Defendants.

16 Defendants removed this personal injury action from State court pursuant to 28 17 U.S.C. §§1332 and 1441. For the reasons stated below, the action is remanded. 18 "Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They possess only that power 19 authorized by Constitution or statute, which is not to be expanded by judicial decree. It is 20 to be presumed that a cause lies outside this limited jurisdiction, and the burden of 21 establishing the contrary rests upon the party asserting jurisdiction." Kokkonen v. 22 Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994) (citations omitted). Consistent 23 with the limited jurisdiction of federal courts, the removal statute is strictly construed 24 against removal. Gaus v. Miles, Inc., 980 F.2d 564, 566 (9th Cir. 1992). The burden of 25…