1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MARCELO HERNANDEZ, et al. Case No. 2:24-cv-02659-FLA (KESx)

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 13 v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR LACK OF 14 SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION JESUS VASQUEZ, 15 Defendant. 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 Federal courts are courts of “limited jurisdiction,” possessing only “power 2 authorized by the Constitution and statute[.]” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of 3 Am.,

(1994); U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, cl. 1. Courts are presumed to 4 lack jurisdiction unless the contrary appears affirmatively from the record. See 5 DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno,

, 342 n. 3 (2006). Additionally, federal 6 courts have an obligation to examine jurisdiction sua sponte before proceeding to the 7 merits of a case. See Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co.,

(1999). 8 Federal courts have jurisdiction where an action arises under federal law or 9 where each plaintiff’s citizenship is diverse from each defendant’s citizenship and the 10 amount in controversy exceeds $75,000, exclusive of interest and costs. 28 U.S.C. 11 §§ 1331, 1332(a). A complaint filed in federal court must contain “a plausible 12 allegation that the amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional threshold.” Dart 13 v. Cherokee Basin Operating Co., LLC v. Owens,

, 89 (2014). Where a 14 party contests, or a court questions, a party’s allegations concerning the amount in 15 controversy, both sides shall submit proof, and the court must decide whether the 16 party asserting jurisdiction has proven the amount in controversy by a preponderance 17 of the evidence.

at 88–89; see Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3) (“If the court determines at 18 any time that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, the court must dismiss the action.”). 19 The same procedures apply when the existence of complete diversity of the parties is 20 called into question. See, e.g., Verb Tech. Co., Inc. v. Baker & Hostetler LLP, Case 21 No. 2:21-cv-06500-ODW (MAAx),

(C.D. Cal. Sept. 9, 2021). 22 The court has reviewed the Complaint and is presently unable to conclude it has 23 subject matter jurisdiction over this action. Accordingly, the parties are ORDERED to 24 SHOW CAUSE, in writing only, within fourteen (14) days from the date of this 25 Order, why this action should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 26 The parties are encouraged to submit evidence and/or judicially noticeable facts in 27 response to the court’s Order. Responses shall be limited to ten (10) pages in length. 28 The parties should consider this Order to be a two-pronged inquiry into the facial and | | factual sufficiency of Plaintiff's demonstration of jurisdiction. See Leite v. Crane Co., 2 |

(9th Cir. 2014). 3 As Plaintiffs are the party asserting federal jurisdiction, Plaintiff's failure to 4 | respond timely and adequately to this Order shall result in dismissal of the action 5 | without further notice. 6 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 8 9 | Dated: September 17, 2024 10 " i ZA -ROCHA 12 United States District Judge 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28