Erin James v. Amazon.com Services, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIN JAMES, Case No. 2:25-cv-03771-SB-PVC

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL FOR

LACK OF SUBJECT-MATTER

AMAZON.COM SERVICES, LLC et JURISDICTION al.,

Defendants.

Plaintiff filed a complaint invoking the Court’s diversity jurisdiction under 23 U.S.C. § 1332(a), but did not allege the citizenship of Defendant Vizayo and therefore failed to meet her burden to show complete diversity. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994). Because the Court has an “independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists,” Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp., 546 U.S. 500, 514 (2006), it ordered Plaintiff to file, by May 12, 2025, “a declaration identifying Vizayo’s citizenship at the time she filed her complaint,” and warned that “[f]ailure to timely do so will result in the dismissal of her complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction,” Dkt. No. 8. No declaration or other response has been filed. Therefore, as warned, the complaint is dismissed without prejudice. See Scholastic Ent., Inc. v. Fox Ent. Grp., Inc., 336 F.3d 982, 985 (9th…