Judge Smith dismisses this appeal (and the underlying lawsuit) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, noting that the plaintiff -- who filed in federal court to begin with -- "failed to plead subject-matter jurisdiction in the original Complaint, First Amended Complaint, or SAC. [Indeed, left out entirely both the citizenship of the defendant in this purported diversity case as well as failed to allege any amount in controversy.] We issued two orders outlining our jurisdictional concerns. Yet Plaintiffs’ TAC is far from alleging a viable amount in controversy."
Given these underlying facts, it's perhaps quite generous for Judge Smith to say in the immediately prior sentence that "Plaintiffs are not pro se; they have sophisticated counsel."
