Brenda Myers v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

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MINUTE ORDER IN CHAMBERS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY by Judge Virginia A. Phillips.(Response to Order to Show Cause due by 3/23/2015.) (mrgo)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES -- GENERAL
Case No. EDCV 14-02175-VAP (DTBx)

Date: January 14, 2015

Title:

BRENDA MYERS -v- LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC., AND DOES 1 TO
100, INCLUSIVE
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PRESENT:
HONORABLE VIRGINIA A. PHILLIPS, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
Marva Dillard
Courtroom Deputy
ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR
PLAINTIFFS:

None Present
Court Reporter
ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR
DEFENDANTS:

None
PROCEEDINGS:

None
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: AMOUNT IN
CONTROVERSY (IN CHAMBERS)

Plaintiff Brenda Myers filed this action in the California Superior Court for the
County of Riverside on May 30, 2014. (Not. of Removal Ex. A ("Complaint") (Doc.
No. 1).) Along with the Complaint, Meyers submitted a statement of damages,
seeking damages in excess of $700,000.00. (Not. of Removal Ex. B.)
The parties appeared for a scheduling conference on January 12, 2015. At
the scheduling conference, the Court asked Meyers's counsel what her medical
damages and lost earnings were. Plaintiff counsel's answers leave doubt that the
amount in controversy in this action is greater than $75,000.00. Accordingly, the
Court ORDERS Plaintiff to show cause, in writing, no later than March 23, 2015,

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EDCV 14-02175-VAP (DTBx)
BRENDA MYERS v. LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC., AND DOES 1 TO 100, INCLUSIVE
MINUTE ORDER of January 14, 2015

why this case should not be remanded for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The
parties are permitted to conduct discovery on the issue of damages before the
deadline to respond to this order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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