The following excerpt is from 3123 SMB LLC v. Horn, 880 F.3d 461 (9th Cir. 2018):
jurisdiction bears the burden of establishing it. See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am. , 511 U.S. 375, 377, 114 S.Ct. 1673, 128 L.Ed.2d 391 (1994) ("It is to be presumed that a cause lies outside [our] limited jurisdiction, and the burden of establishing the contrary rests upon the party asserting jurisdiction.") (citations omitted).
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