Craft
Craft v. Longs Drug Stores California, L.L.C.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CYNTHIA CRAFT, Case No. 24-cv-04596-JSC
Plaintiff,
SECOND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v. RE: DIVERSITY JURISDICTION
LONGS DRUG STORES CALIFORNIA, Re: Dkt. No. 12 L.L.C., et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Defendant Longs removed this action based on diversity jurisdiction, alleging Ms. Craft and Longs are diverse. (Dkt. No. 1 ¶¶ 6-10.) Because Longs had not alleged the citizenship of co-defendant Bay Hill, the Court ordered Longs to make a supplemental filing setting forth the citizenship of each member of Bay Hill. (Dkt. No. 10.) Pending before the Court is Longs’ response. (Dkt. No. 12.) Longs asserts it does not believe any member of Bay Hill is a California citizen based on a California Secretary of State filing and conversations with Bay Hill’s counsel. This response is insufficient for Longs to meet its burden to prove diversity jurisdiction. The only information Longs provides shows a member (or perhaps manager) of Bay Hill is …