Charles Phillips v. Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation, et al

Filing 15

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT ORCHARD SUPPLY HARDWARE STORES CORPORATION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR FRAUDULENT JOINDER by Judge John F. Walter: Plaintiff is hereby ordered to show cause, in writing, no later than October 27, 2015, why Defendan t Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation should not be dismissed for fraudulent joinder. No oral argument on this matter will be heard unless otherwise ordered by the Court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; Local Rule 7-15. The Order will stand submitte d upon the filing of the response to the Order to Show Cause. If Plaintiff files a Notice of Dismissal of Defendant Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation, the Court will consider that a satisfactory response to the Order to Show Cause. Failure to respond to the Order to Show Cause will result in the dismissal of Defendant Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation. IT IS SO ORDERED. (jloz)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES -- GENERAL
Case No.

CV 15-7858-JFW (FFMx)

Title:

Charles Phillips-v- Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation, et al.

Date: October 22, 2015

PRESENT:
HONORABLE JOHN F. WALTER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Shannon Reilly
Courtroom Deputy

None Present
Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFFS:
None
PROCEEDINGS (IN CHAMBERS):

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANTS:
None

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT
ORCHARD SUPPLY HARDWARE STORES
CORPORATION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR
FRAUDULENT JOINDER

On October 7, 2015, Defendant Orchard Supply Company, LLC filed a Notice of Removal of
Action Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441, and 1446 (“Notice of Removal”), contending that this
Court has jurisdiction over this action and that Defendant Orchard Supply Hardware Stores
Corporation has been fraudulently joined.
Accordingly, Plaintiff is hereby ordered to show cause, in writing, no later than October 27,
2015, why Defendant Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation should not be dismissed for
fraudulent joinder. No oral argument on this matter will be heard unless otherwise ordered by the
Court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; Local Rule 7-15. The Order will stand submitted upon the filing of
the response to the Order to Show Cause. If Plaintiff files a Notice of Dismissal of Defendant
Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation, the Court will consider that a satisfactory response
to the Order to Show Cause. Failure to respond to the Order to Show Cause will result in the
dismissal of Defendant Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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