Wood v. Clement Holdings, LLC

United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Wood v. Clement Holdings, LLC

Trial Court Opinion

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 ANDREA C. WOOD, Case No. 4:22-cv-04785-YGR

7 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: v. JURISDICTION 8

9 THOMAS MALGESINI; MALGESINI Dkt. No. 1 401K PLAN; YOSEMITE CAPITAL 10 LLC; FCI LENDER SERVICES, SGT INVESTMENTS LLC, CLEMENT 11 HOLDINGS LLC, and DOES 1 through 50, 12 Defendants. 13

14 TO PLAINTIFF ANDREA C. WOOD AND HER COUNSEL OF RECORD: 15 YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why this Court has subject matter 16 jurisdiction to hear plaintiff’s claims. Plaintiff alleges that this Court has diversity jurisdiction, 17 which requires complete diversity of citizenship between the plaintiff and defendants.

28 U.S.C. § 18

1332. The party asserting that jurisdiction is proper bears the burden of establishing federal 19 jurisdiction. Abrego v. Dow Chem. Co.,

443 F.3d 676, 685

(9th Cir. 2006). 20 The complaint fails to allege where the individual parties, plaintiff and Thomas Malgesini, 21 are domiciled. A “natural person’s state citizenship is . . . determined by [his or] her state of 22 domicile, not [his or] her state of residence.” Kanter v. Warner-Lambert Co.,

265 F.3d 853

, 857 23 (9th Cir. 2001). It also fails to adequately allege citizenship for the corporate defendants. 28

24 U.S.C. § 1332

(c)(1) (“[A] corporation shall be deemed to be a citizen of every State and foreign 25 state by which it has been incorporated and of the State or foreign state where it has its principal 26 place of business …”). 27 Accordingly, plaintiff is HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE in writing no later than ] November 7, 2022, why jurisdiction is proper. The response shall not exceed four (4) pages. 2 || Failure to file a timely response will result in the case being dismissed for lack of Jurisdiction. 3 The hearing currently set for November 15, 2022 is vacated to be rescheduled if necessary. 4 IT Is SO ORDERED. 5 Dated: November 4, 2022 / 6 eed phe □□ □ □□ ()] VVONNE Gon@ALEZM@ocERS 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 10 1] 12

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