PHE Gaskets LLC v. Khalis Transport Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 9 AT SEATTLE 11 PHE GASKETS LLC, CASE NO. 2:23-cv-00478-TL 12 Plaintiff(s), MINUTE ORDER 13 v. 14 KHALIS TRANSPORT INC, 15 Defendant(s).

17 The following Minute Order is made at the direction of the Court, the Honorable Tana Lin, United States District Judge: 19 (1) Local Civil Rule 7.1 requires a party that is a limited liability corporation (“LLC”) 20 to (1) file a corporate disclosure statement identifying any member or owner in 21 the LLC and (2) in a diversity case, list the states in which the owners or members 22 are citizens. See also Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(2); Johnson v. Columbia Props.

23 Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006) (“[A]n LLC is a citizen of 24 every state of which its owners/members are citizens.”).

1 (2) Plaintiff brings suit under diversity jurisdiction and is an LLC. Plaintiff’s 2 corporate disclosure is insufficient under the governing rules listed above.

3 (3) Accordingly, Plaintiff is DIRECTED to file a revised corporate disclosure statement 4 identifying each member and owner of PHE Gaskets LLC and the state in which 5 each member or owner is a citizen within seven (7) days of this Order.

6 Dated this 23rd day of May 2023.

8 Ravi Subramanian Clerk of the Court s/ Kadya Peter 10 Deputy Clerk