Henry Yin v. Commerce West Insurance Company, doing business as “MAPFRE...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE HENRY YIN, CASE NO. 2:25-cv-01159-LK Plaintiff, ORDER REMANDING CASE 12 v. 13 COMMERCE WEST INSURANCE COMPANY, doing business as “MAPFRE 14 Insurance,” 15 Defendant.

17 This matter comes before the Court on the response by Commerce West Insurance Company d/b/a MAPFRE Insurance (“Commerce West”), Dkt. No. 19, to the Court’s October 24, 2025 Second Order to Show Cause, requiring Commerce West to show cause for why this case should not be remanded for lack of complete diversity of citizenship, Dkt. No. 18.

21 In that Order, the Court gave Commerce West “one final opportunity” and to “establish its citizenship . . . (including by providing evidence of its state of incorporation and principal place of business)”; if it did not do so, “the Court [would] remand this case.” Id. at 4. Commerce West timely filed a response. Dkt. No. 19.

1 Although the Court appreciates Commerce West’s apology for the additional proceedings necessitated by its deficient citizenship allegations, its response to the Court’s Second Order to Show Cause still fails to identify Commerce West’s principal place of business. See Dkt. No. 19 at 2 (“Commerce West is an insurance company organized under the laws of California and where it is also domiciled.”). The Court therefore cannot fulfill its “independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists[.]” Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp., 546 U.S. 500, 514 (2006); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3).1 8 The Court accordingly ORDERS that: 9 1. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c), this case is REMANDED to the Superior Court for 10 King County in the State of Washington; 11 2. The Clerk of the Court shall mail a certified copy of this Order to the Clerk of the Court 12 for the Superior Court for King County; 13 3. The Clerk of the Court shall also transmit the record herein to the Clerk of the Court 14 for the Superior Court for King County; and 15 4. The Clerk of the Court shall CLOSE this case.

16 Dated this 5th day of November, 2025.

17 A 18 Lauren King United States District Judge While Commerce West “humbly apologize[d] to the Court” for the brevity of its response, which it attributes to an ongoing trial in another case, Dkt. No. 19 at 2, Commerce West did not seek an extension of time to respond to the Court’s second order to show cause, see generally id. And it has been over a month since the Court first ordered Commerce West to establish its citizenship, see Dkt. No. 15 (first Order to Show Cause, dated October 3, 2025).