Morris

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 MARIA T. MORRIS et al., Case No.: 22cv1863-L-AHG

Plaintiffs,

ORDER REMANDING ACTION TO

v. STATE COURT SUJATA GUHAROY DAS Personal Representative of THE ESTATE OF 16 SUGATA DAS, Deceased, et al., 17 Defendants.

Defendants removed this wrongful death action from State court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1332 and 1441. For the reasons stated below, the action is remanded. "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 v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). Consistent with the limited

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