Artist Partner Group, Inc. v. Alexis Jayde Burnett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARTIST PARTNER GROUP, INC., Case No. 2:24-cv-10881-SB-PVC

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

SUBJECT-MATTER

ALEXIS JAYDE BURNETT, JURISDICTION

Defendant.

Defendant filed a motion to dismiss Count 2 of the complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, contending that Plaintiff had engaged in improper forum shopping by using its copyright infringement claim in Count 1 as a predicate to bring its unrelated state law claim for breach of contract in federal court. Dkt. No. 14. The motion is set for hearing on February 28, the same date as the mandatory scheduling conference (MSC). On February 4, the parties filed a stipulation to withdraw the motion to dismiss because the parties are considering “consolidating” the claims pending in state court into this action. Dkt. No. 21. Defendant, however, has raised serious arguments in its motion that the Court either may not or should not exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s state law claim—and those concerns seem likely to apply to the additional state law claims the parties may wish to add. While Defendant…