SmarTek21, LLC v. VisiKard, Inc

Filing 27

MINUTE ORDER directing plaintiff, within fourteen (14) days of this Minute Order, to file a disclosure under penalty of perjury (1) identifying all of its members and owners; and (2) indicating the state of which each of its members and owners was a citizen at the time the complaint was filed; RENOTING Third Party Defendant's 21 Rule 11 Motion: Noting Date 6/22/2018. 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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SMARTEK21, LLC,
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Plaintiff,
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C17-1798 TSZ
v.

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MINUTE ORDER
VISIKARD, INC,

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Defendant.
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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
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(1)
Plaintiff SmarTek21, LLC alleges diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §
1332. See docket no. 1 at ¶¶ 4–5. Plaintiff has not, however, set forth facts or allegations
sufficient to satisfy the Court of its subject-matter jurisdiction over this dispute. Plaintiff
is DIRECTED, within fourteen (14) days of this Minute Order, to file a disclosure under
penalty of perjury (1) identifying all of its members and owners; and (2) indicating the
state of which each of its members and owners was a citizen at the time the complaint
was filed. See 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 jurisdiction, “an LLC is a citizen of every state of which its owners/members
are citizens.”).

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(2)
The Court DEFERS ruling on the Third Party Defendants’ Rule 11 Motion,
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RENOTED to Friday, June 22, 2018.
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(3)
The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of
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Dated this 6th day of June, 2018.
William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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