Munoz v. Forward Air, Inc.

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4) RICARDO MUNOZ, Case No. 2:23-cv-00672-JCM-NJK 5 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 7) FORWARD AIR, INC., et al., 8 Defendants.

9 On May 2, 2023, the Court ordered Defendants to file an amended certificate of interested 10} parties identifying the citizenship of each party attributed to them. Docket No. 5. Defendants have 11} now filed an amended certificate of interested parties. Docket No. 6. The amended certificate of 12|| interested parties identifies Prologis USLV SubREIT 4 LLC as being the sole member of 13) Defendant KTR LV IV LLC See id. at 1. When a member of an LLC is itself an LLC, the 14] jurisdictional analysis requires identification of the citizenship of each “sub-member’ as well. See, 15] e.g., Diamos v. Specialized Loan Serv. LLC, 2014 WL 3362259, *2 (N.D. Cal. July 7, 2014).

16] Similarly, when a member/owner of an LLC 1s a trust, the jurisdictional analysis requires 17} identifying the citizenship of any trustees. See, e.g., Johnson v. Columbia Props. Anchorage, LP, 18] 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006) (internal citation omitted). The Court, therefore, cannot 19|| determine based on the current record whether the invocation of diversity jurisdiction is proper.

20 Accordingly, Defendants are hereby ORDERED to file an amended certificate of 21] interested parties that lists the name and citizenship of each member/owner of Defendant KTR LV 22], IV LLC, no later than May 17, 2023.

23 IT IS SO ORDERED.

24 Dated: May 10, 2023 Gf 5 = Nancy J. Koppe- 25 United Statés Magistrate Judge