Torres v. SN Servicing Corporation et al

Filing 15

MINUTE ORDER re 14 Corporate Disclosure Statement; directing defendant NP162, LLC, on or before 7/20/2018, to file a supplemental disclosure identifying each owner/member of the Member LLCs and indicate the state in which each member/owner was a citizen at the time the Complaint was filed. 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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HUGO MACIAS TORRES aka MUGO
MACIAS,
Plaintiff,

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C18-380 TSZ
v.
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SN SERVICING CORPORATION and
NP162, LLC,

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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)
On June 8, 2018, Defendant NP162, LLC filed a Corporate Disclosure
Statement, docket no. 14, in response to the Court’s May 25, 2018, Minute Order, docket
no. 13, identifying the citizenship of each of its members or owners. The Corporate
Disclosure is deficient. For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, “an LLC is a citizen of
every state of which its owners/members are citizens.” Johnson v. Columbia Props
Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). In its Corporate Disclosure
Statement, NP162, LLC specifies that its three members are all LLCs (collectively, the
“Member LLCs”). Although it indicates that each of those members are Connecticut
LLCs, it does not disclose the citizenship of the Member LLCs’ owners/members. The
Court cannot complete its diversity jurisdiction analysis without this information. For
purposes of this exercise, the state in which each Member LLC was formed is irrelevant.
See id.

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(2)
Defendant NP162, LLC is DIRECTED, on or before July 20, 2018, to file a
supplemental disclosure under penalty of perjury, identifying each owner/member of the
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1 time the Complaint was filed. If any succeeding owner/member of (1) any Member LLC,
or (2) any owner/member of any Member LLC, is also an LLC, Defendant NP162, LLC
2 is directed to disclose the identity of each corresponding owner/member and the state of
which each of those owners/members were citizens at the time the Complaint was filed.
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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 27th day of June, 2018.

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William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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