Crowd Fund Investment Group LLC v. Lewis et al

Filing 10

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Show Cause Response due by 5/16/2017. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 5/2/2017. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service). (emcsec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/2/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CROWD FUND INVESTMENT GROUP

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LLC,
Plaintiff,

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JON LEWIS, et al.,
Defendants.

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For the Northern District of California

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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United States District Court

Case No. 17-cv-02377-EMC

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The above-referenced case is related to another case filed in this District, more specifically,

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Crowd Fund Investment Group LLC v. Lewis, No. C-17-0803 (N.D. Cal.) (hereinafter Crowd

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Fund I). Crowd Fund I was initially filed in state court but then was removed by one of the

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defendants in the case, Karen I. Lewis. This Court adopted the report and recommendation of

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Judge Ryu that Crowd Fund I be remanded – both for procedural defects in removal and for lack

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of subject matter jurisdiction.
The instant case is related to Crowd Fund I because it is the same state court action that

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was removed in Crowd Fund I – the only difference being that now the removal was effected by a

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different defendant, i.e., Jon Lewis. The Court has reviewed Mr. Lewis’s notice of removal and,

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from what it can divine (the notice is far from a model of clarity), it sees no legal basis for the

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removal, including for the reasons articulated by Judge Ryu in her report and recommendation for

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Crowd Fund I.

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Accordingly, the Court hereby orders Mr. Lewis to show cause as to why the instant action

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should not be remanded to the superior court from which it was removed. Mr. Lewis shall have

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two weeks from the date of the order below to file a response. If no response is filed by that

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date, then the Clerk of the Court shall immediately remand the case and close the file for the

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action.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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EDWARD M. CHEN
United States District Judge

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Dated: May 2, 2017

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