Fact Pattern $1-1$A

Phillip Bailey is driving on Interstate $95$ north of Fayetteville. When he is about a mile from his home, he car is struck in the rear by a car driven by Maurice White, who is driving through North Carolina headed back to his city of residence Jupiter New Jersey. Phillip is severely injured. Phillip and his best friend Stepney, sue Maurice White in the state Superior Court in Raleigh NC$.$

Refer to Fact Pattern $1-1$A$.$ Maurice White's could assert federal court jurisdiction if:

If the amount in controversy is over $$75,000$

he lived in North Carolina

if he is over $40$

if Stepney is the child of a federal court judge