Allied Benefit Systems, Inc. v. Ramirez

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Elaine E. Bucklo, United States District Judge

Dennis Ramirez (“Ramirez”) has moved to dismiss this breach of contract suit by his former employer, Allied Benefit Systems, Inc. (“Allied”), on the ground that the amount in controversy is less than the $75,000 statutory minimum for invoking a federal court’s diversity jurisdiction. See 28, U.S.C. § 1332(a). Because Ramirez has challenged Allied’s factual allegations relating to the amount in controversy, Aided must “prove those jurisdictional facts by a preponderance of the evidence.” Meridian Sec. Ins. Co. v.…