Magnuson v. BP West Coast Products, LLC et al

Filing 44

MINUTE ORDER directing each party that is a limited liability company, on or before 6/12/2018, to file a disclosure under penalty of perjury, that will identify all of its members or owners, and indicate the state in which each member or owner was a citizen at the time Complaint was filed; deferring ruling on defendant Unicat Catalyst Technologies, Inc.'s 33 MOTION to Compel A Fed. R. Civ. P. 35 Examination; RENOTING 33 MOTION to Compel A Fed. R. Civ. P. 35 Examination : Noting Date 6/15/2018; SETTING a Telephonic Conference for 6/15/2018 at 11:00 AM. Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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DAVID B. MAGNUSON,

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Plaintiff,
v.
BP WEST COAST PRODUCTS LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company,
UNICAT CATALYST TECHNOLOGIES
INC., a Texas for-profit corporation, and
HYDROPROCESSING ASSOCIATES
LLC, an Alabama for-profit limited
liability company,

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C17-604 TSZ
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Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge:
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(1)
This case is based on diversity jurisdiction. See Complaint for Damages,
docket no. 1 (the “Complaint”), at ¶ 6. Each party to this action that is a limited liability
company is DIRECTED, on or before Tuesday, June 12, 2018, to file a disclosure under
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penalty of perjury, that will identify all of its members or owners, and indicate the state in
which each member or owner was a citizen at the time the Complaint was filed. See
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Carden v. Arkoma Assocs., 494 U.S. 185, 195–96 (1990); Johnson v. Columbia Prop.
Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). (For purposes of diversity
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jurisdiction, a limited liability company is a citizen of every state of which its owners/
members are citizens.)
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The Court DEFERS ruling on defendant Unicat Catalyst Technologies,
22 Inc.’s Motion to Compel a Fed. R. Civ. P. 35 Examination, docket no. 33 (the “Motion”),
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1 pending resolution of its diversity jurisdiction inquiry. The Motion is RENOTED to
Friday, June 15, 2018.
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The Court SETS a telephone conference call for Friday, June 15, 2018, at
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[phone].
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The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of
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Dated this 31st day of May, 2018.

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William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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