UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIN JAMES, Case No. 2:25-cv-03771-SB-PVC

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL FOR LACK OF SUBJECT-MATTER AMAZON.COM SERVICES, LLC et JURISDICTION al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff filed a complaint invoking the Court’s diversity jurisdiction under

(a), but did not allege the citizenship of Defendant Vizayo and therefore failed to meet her burden to show complete diversity. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.,

(1994). Because the Court has an “independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists,” Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp.,

(2006), it ordered Plaintiff to file, by May 12, 2025, “a declaration identifying Vizayo’s citizenship at the time she filed her complaint,” and warned that “[f]ailure to timely do so will result in the dismissal of her complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction,” Dkt. No. 8. No declaration or other response has been filed. Therefore, as warned, the complaint is dismissed without prejudice. See Scholastic Ent., Inc. v. Fox Ent. Grp., Inc.,

, 985 (9th Cir. 2003) (affirming sua sponte dismissal for lack of jurisdiction); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3) (“If the court determines at any time that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, the court must dismiss the action”).

Date: May 15, 2025 ___________________________ Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr. United States District Judge