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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASEY SNYDER et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

FORD MOTOR COMPANY,

Defendant.

 /

No. C-06-0497 MMC

ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITH

LEAVE TO AMEND

Plaintiffs allege the Court has diversity jurisdiction over the instant action pursuant to

the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”). (See First Amended Complaint ¶ 6.) Pursuant to

CAFA, district courts “have original jurisdiction of any civil action in which the matter in

controversy exceeds the sum or value of $5,000,000, exclusive of interest and costs, and is

a class action in which . . . any member of a class of plaintiffs is a citizen of a State different

from any defendant.” See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2). Although plaintiffs purport to assert a

class action, and allege that the two named plaintiffs and defendant Ford Motor Company

are citizens of different states, they fail to allege the requisite amount in controversy.

Accordingly, the instant action is hereby DISMISSED for lack of subject matter

jurisdiction, with leave to amend. If plaintiffs wish to pursue the instant action in federal

court, they shall file an amended complaint, no later than June 30, 2006, addressing the

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deficiency noted above. If plaintiffs fail to do so, the instant action will be dismissed without

prejudice to plaintiffs’ refiling the action in state court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 13, 2006 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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