The following excerpt is from Brown v. Bank of Am., N.A., Case No.: 20-CV-304 JLS (MDD) (S.D. Cal. 2020):
The propriety of removal depends on whether the case originally could have been filed in federal court. City of Chicago v. Int'l Coll. of Surgeons, 522 U.S. 156, 163 (1997). Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction and generally may only exercise
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