The following excerpt is from Holmes v. Ho, Case No. 1:18-cv-01161-EPG (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
This federal court lacks jurisdiction over this state law claim. "Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction." Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). Federal courts have jurisdiction only if the claim arises under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States, over where there is diversity of citizenship. See 28 U.S.C.
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