Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC v. Mesquite Lake Water & Power, LLC

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ORDER that Plaintiff file a reply to 3 Order to Show Cause no later than 6/6/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 5/30/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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HEALTHY FOOD INGREDIENTS, LLC,
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Plaintiff(s),
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v.
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MESQUITE LAKE WATER & POWER, LLC,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:17-cv-01367-APG-NJK
ORDER

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Pending before the Court is an order to show cause why the case should not be remanded for lack

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of subject matter jurisdiction. Docket No. 3. Defendant has filed a response. Docket No. 10. Plaintiff

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is hereby ORDERED to file a response, no later than June 6, 2017, indicating: (1) whether the addresses

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listed by Defendant for Plaintiff’s members accurately reflect their state of citizenship, Johnson v.

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Columbia Props. Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006) (“an LLC is a citizen of every state

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of which its owners/members are citizens”); and (2) whether the letter demanding payment of

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$1,794,000 reflects a reasonable estimate of Plaintiff’s claim, Cohn v. Petsmart, Inc., 281 F.3d 837, 840

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(9th Cir. 2002) (“A settlement letter is relevant evidence of the amount in controversy if it appears to

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reflect a reasonable estimate of the plaintiff’s claim”).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: May 30, 2017

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge