1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA KENNETH HICKERSON, Case No.: 2:22-cv-01629-APG-BNW 4 Plaintiff Order Remanding Case for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction v. WESTGATE LAS VEGAS RESORT, LLC, 7 Defendant 8 Defendant Westgate Las Vegas Resort, LLC removed this action from state court based on diversity jurisdiction. ECF No. 1. Westgate did not submit evidence that the amount in controversy requirement is satisfied, so I ordered it to do so. ECF No. 5. Westgate responded by 11}/submitting a demand letter the plaintiff sent in January 2021. ECF No. 8-2. “A settlement letter relevant evidence of the amount in controversy if it appears to reflect a reasonable estimate of plaintiff's claim.” Cohn v. Petsmart, Inc.,

(9th Cir. 2002). That letter requests $100,000.00 but identifies only $8,745.37 in medical bills and states that other categories of damages are to be determined. Jd. The letter does not provide a sufficient basis for me to conclude by a preponderance of the evidence that $100,000.00 is a reasonable estimate of the plaintiffs claim based on the limited information presented. Consequently, I remand the case to state court. 19 I THEREFORE ORDER that this case is remanded to the state court from which it was 20]|removed for all further proceedings. The clerk of court is instructed to close this case. 21 DATED this 17th day of October, 2022. 22 ZL. ANDREWP.GORDON. SS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE