Lawrence A. Brockman v. Tim Madsen
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LAWRENCE A. BROCKMAN, Case No. 2:25-cv-04213-FLA (RAOx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
v. THE ACTION SHOULD NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT
OF NEVADA TIM MADSEN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16
18 On April 8, 2025, Plaintiff Lawrence A. Brockman (“Plaintiff”), acting in pro se, filed a complaint (“Action”) in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging professional negligence, elder financial abuse, unjust enrichment, breach of fiduciary duty, and accounting, related to an approximately $500,000 investment in Nevada laundromats. Dkt. 1-1 at 4, 11–14. On May 9, 2025, Defendants Tim Madsen and Martin Augustin (“Defendants”) removed that action to this court, alleging diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). Dkt. 1 at 1–6.
27 1 The court cites documents by the page numbers added by the court’s CM/ECF System, rather than any page numbers listed in documents natively. …