Veridian Healthcare LLC v. GuruNanda, LLC

Filing 16

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE REGARDING SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 7.1(a)(2) by Judge John W. Holcomb. For the foregoing reasons, the Court hereby ORDERS as follows: Veridian Healthcare is DIRECTED to file no later than Dece mber 6, 2024, a written response to this Order to Show Cause that provides the names and state(s) of citizenship of each owner/member of Veridian Healthcare and of GuruNanda. GuruNanda is also DIRECTED to file no later than December 6, 2024, a written response to this Order to Show Cause that provides the names and state(s) of citizenship of each of its owners/members. A hearing on this Order to Show Cause is SET for December 20, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom 9D of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 411 W. 4th Street, Santa Ana, California. IT IS SO ORDERED. (See document for further details) (yl)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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VERIDIAN HEALTHCARE LLC,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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GURUNANDA, LLC,

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Defendant.

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Case No. 8:24-cv-02095-JWH-DFM
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
REGARDING SUBJECT MATTER
JURISDICTION AND
COMPLIANCE WITH
RULE 7.1(a)(2)

In September 2024, Plaintiff Veridian Healthcare LLC filed a Complaint

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against Defendant GuruNanda, LLC.1 Veridian Healthcare asserts that this

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Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1), on the

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basis of diversity of citizenship between the parties. 2

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District courts “have original jurisdiction of all civil actions where the

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matter in controversy exceeds the sum or value of $75,000, exclusive of interest

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and costs, and is between . . . citizens of different states[.]” 28 U.S.C. § 1332.

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“[T]he party asserting diversity bears the burden of proof.” Kanter v. Warner-

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Lambert Co., 265 F.3d 853, 857-58 (9th Cir. 2001).
The issue here is the citizenship of the parties, each of which is a limited

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liability company. A limited liability company “is a citizen of every state of

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which its owners/members are citizens.” Johnson v. Columbia Properties

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Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). The Court cannot determine

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whether the parties are diverse until it knows the citizenship of every

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owner/member of Veridian Healthcare and of GuruNanda. Moreover, the

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parties have not complied with their obligations under the Federal Rules of Civil

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Procedure, which require them to “name—and identify the citizenship of—

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every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party.”

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(2).

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For the foregoing reasons, the Court hereby ORDERS as follows:

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Veridian Healthcare is DIRECTED to file no later than

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December 6, 2024, a written response to this Order to Show Cause that provides

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the names and state(s) of citizenship of each owner/member of Veridian

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Healthcare and of GuruNanda.

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Compl. (the “Complaint”) [ECF No. 1]

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Id. at ¶ 1.
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