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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Tort/Non-Motor Vehicle

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD BURTON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PEAK CAMPUS CALIFORNIA, INC., et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-08341-VC 

ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS 

HEARING

It appears that the complaint may fail to allege facts sufficient to create Article III 

standing in this case, necessitating a remand to state court. See Summers v. Earth Island Institute, 

555 U.S. 488, 499 (2009) (“[T]he court has an independent obligation to assure 

that standing exists, regardless of whether it is challenged by any of the parties.”); Corral v. 

Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., 878 F.3d 770, 773-74 (9th Cir. 2017) (“[T]he removal statute is 

strictly construed, and any doubt about the right of removal requires resolution in favor of

remand.”). At the hearing, the defendants should be prepared to explain the basis for Article III 

standing in this case, if they wish to avoid a remand. The plaintiffs should also be prepared to 

take a clear position on whether they have Article III standing.

Incidentally, even if remand is required, this is not a situation in which cost-shifting 

would be warranted, and the Court will not hear argument on that issue.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 2, 2020

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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