Buchla v. Buchla Electronic Musical Instrument, LLC et al

Filing 17

ORDER RE CITIZENSHIP OF PARTIES. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 3/24/2015. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/24/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DONALD BUCHLA,

Case No. 15-cv-00921-HSG

Plaintiff,
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ORDER RE CITIZENSHIP OF
PARTIES

v.
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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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BUCHLA ELECTRONIC MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT, LLC, et al.,
Defendants.
Plaintiff Donald Buchla alleges that this Court has diversity jurisdiction over this action

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. In support of diversity jurisdiction, Mr. Buchla alleges that he is a

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“citizen of the State of California,” that Defendant Buchla Electronic Musical Instrument, LLC “is

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a closely held limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Oregon with its

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principal place of business at 1630 Williams Hwy, Grants Pass, Oregon,” and that Defendant

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Audio Supermarket Pty. Ltd. “is a privately held Australian company with its principal place of

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business at W 25 26-28 Roberna St, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia.” Complaint at 6. Mr. Buchla

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further alleges that various individual defendants, some of whom are citizens of Australia and

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some of whom are citizens of Oregon, “have a direct or indirect ownership interest” in Buchla

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Electronic and/or Audio Supermarket.

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Unincorporated associations, including LLCs, are citizens “of every state of which [their]

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owners/members are citizens.” Johnson v. Columbia Props. Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899

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(9th Cir. 2006). Because Mr. Buchla does not allege sufficient facts regarding the citizenship of

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all of the owners/members of Buchla Electronic or Audio Supermarket, the Court cannot

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determine whether diversity jurisdiction is proper. To that end, the parties are directed to file,

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within seven days of the date of this Order, a statement of no more than three pages identifying the

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citizenship of each member of Buchla Electronic and Audio Supermarket.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 24, 2015
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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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