1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA

5 PAMELA CAUGHRON, Case No. 2:23-cv-00411-JCM-NJK ° Plaintiff, Order ’ Vv. 8 9 WALMART INC., 10 Defendant. 11 This case has been removed on diversity grounds. See Docket No. 1. 12 To assist federal courts in ensuring that diversity jurisdiction exists, the corporate disclosure statement filed by each party “must name—and identify the citizenship of—every 14|| individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(2).! For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, a corporation is a citizen of the state where it is incorporated and the state where it has its principal place of business.

(c)(1). A corporation’s 17|| principal place of business is “the place where a corporation’s officers direct, control, and 18] coordinate the corporation’s activities,” ie., the corporation’s “nerve center.” Hertz Corp. v. 19|| Friend,

(2010). Defendant’s certificate of interested parties fails to identify 20] its state of incorporation or the state where its principal place of business is located. See Docket 21} No. 2. 22 Accordingly, Defendant must file an amended certificate of interested parties by March 24, 2023. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7? 25 Dated: March 17, 2023 G7 om Nancy J. Kapfe 26 United States Magistrate Judge

+ This federal rule became effective on December 1, 2022.