Halma Investment Holdings Limited v. Juan Antonio Bonel Borssen

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HALMA INVESTMENT CV 20-6953 DSF (Ex) HOLDINGS LIMITED, Plaintiff, Order DISMISSING Case for Lack of Subject Matter Vv. Jurisdiction JUAN ANTONIO BONEL BORSSEN, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff is a corporation incorporated and headquartered in the United Kingdom that has sued a mix of United States, Spanish, Swedish, Luxembourgish, and Cypriot Defendants in this Court based on diversity jurisdiction. However, there is no diversity jurisdiction in a case with an alien on one side and a mix of United States citizens and aliens on the other. Craig v. Atl. Richfield Co., 19 F.3d 472, 476 (9th Cir. 1994) (“[T]he case involved a single foreign plaintiff... and numerous foreign defendants (in addition to U.S. defendants), thereby defeating diversity.”). Therefore, the case is DISMISSED for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: October 5, 2020 A\doNe bb . Cache Dale S. Fischer United States District Judge