With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". Allegiant does not defend its position that removal was proper based on diversity jurisdiction. 8 . 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b)(2). 9 . Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, 511 U.S. 375, 377, 114 S.Ct. 1673, 128 L.Ed.2d 391 (1994). 10 . Gaus v. Miles, 980 F.2d 564, 566 (9th Cir. 1992). 11 . Id. 12 . Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor, 481 U.S. 58, 107 S.Ct. 1542, 95 L.Ed.2d 55 (1987) (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1331). 13 . Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams, 482 U.S. 386, 392, 107 S.Ct. 2425, 96 L.Ed.2d 318 (1987) (internal citation omitted). 14 . Wayne v. sistent with the Ninth Circuit’s summary of these cases in Gilstrap v. United Air Lines, Inc., 709 F.3d 995, 1006 (9th Cir. 2013). 33 . Id. at 722. 34 . Beneficial Nat'l Bank v. Anderson, 539 U.S. 1, 8-9, 123 S.Ct. 2058, 156 L.Ed.2d 1 (2003) (<HOLDING>). 35 . Martin, 555 F.3d at 808; 49 U.S.C. §

A: holding that there was no federal question removal jurisdiction under the complete preemption exception to the wellpleaded complaint rule
B: holding that dismissal is proper for a derivative cause of action but not for a direct cause of action
C: holding removal and preemption are distinct concepts erisa preemption does not allow removal unless complete preemption exists
D: holding that removal is proper based on complete preemption only when congress intended the federal cause of action to be exclusive
D.