Denise Zapata v. Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
Case 2:21-cv-09057-DSF-PVC Document Filed 05/25/ Page 1 of Page ID #:264
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DENISE ZAPATA, 2:21-cv-09057-DSF-PVC Plaintiff, Order to Show Cause Why Case Should Not be Remanded for v. Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Order to File Supplemental Briefing
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT
Regarding California Labor Code RESEARCH, INC., an Iowa § 925 corporation; CAMBRIDGE
INVESTMENT RESEARCH
ADVISORS, INC., an Iowa corporation; NETTUNO & ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, Defendants.
Defendants removed this action relying solely on diversity jurisdiction. Dkt. 1 (Notice of Removal). However, Defendants have not adequately pled the citizenship of Nettuno & Associates, LLC. See Johnson v. Columbia Properties Anchorage, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006) (“We therefore join our sister circuits and hold that, like a partnership, an LLC is a citizen of every state of which its Case 2:21-cv-09057-DSF-PVC Document Filed 05/25/ Page 2of2 Page ID #:265
owners/members are citizens’). Defendants are ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE no later than June…