Giannone v. Nevada Property 1, LLC

Opinion

1 2 5 6 JOSEPH MICHAEL GIANNONE, Case No. 2:24-cv-00627-NJK 7 Plaintiff(s), Order v. 9] NEVADA PROPERTY 1, LLC, 10 Defendant(s). 1] The case was removed from state court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. Docket No. 12} 1. In diversity cases, the certificate of interested parties must identify the state citizenship of the 13} filing party, along with the name and state citizenship of each individual or entity whose citizenship 14] is attributed to the filing party. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(2). For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, 15} “an LLC is a citizen of every state of which its owners/members are citizens.” Johnson □□□ 16] Columbia Props. Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). “Moreover, if any member 17} of [an LLC] is itself a partnership or association (or another LLC), the Court needs to know the 18] citizenship of each ‘sub-member’ as well.” Diamos v. Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC, 2014 WL 19] 12603136, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 31, 2014). 20 In this case, Defendant is an LLC, but its certificate of interested parties has not identified 21} Defendant’s owners/members or the citizenship of those owners/members. See Docket No. 2. 22 Accordingly, Defendant must file an amended certificate of interested parties by April 8, 2024. 25 Dated: April 3, 2024 , 26 4 A QE Nancy J. Koppe 27 United States Magistrate Judge 28