Grange Insurance Association v. McCormick Barstow LLP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 GRANGE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Case No. 1:25-cv-00694-JLT-SKO a Washington corporation, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE REGARDING

SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION

Plaintiff, v. (Doc. 1) MCCORMICK BARSTOW LLP, 15 Defendant. 16 On June 9, 2025, Plaintiff Grange Insurance Association, a Washington corporation, filed 17 a complaint against Defendant McCormick Barstow LLP, a limited liability partnership, asserting 18 a claim for legal malpractice. (Doc. 1.) 19 Plaintiff asserts this Court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. (Doc. 1 20 ¶ 5.) The burden of establishing subject matter jurisdiction “rests upon the party asserting 21 jurisdiction.” Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am., 511 U.S. 375, 377 (1994); see also 22 Romero v. Securus Techs., Inc., 216 F. Supp. 3d 1078, 1085 (S.D. Cal. 2016) (“As the party putting 23 the claims before the court, Plaintiffs bear the burden of establishing jurisdiction.”). The Court 24 may consider the issue of subject matter…