Rosa Manzo v. Howmet Aerospace Inc.

Case 2:22-cv-05520-GW-MAA Document Filed 08/31/ Page 1 of Page ID #:315

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

Case No. 2:22-cv-05520-GW (MAAx) Date August 31, 2021 Title Rosa Manzo v. Howmet Aerospace Inc., et al.

Present: The Honorable GEORGE H. WU, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Javier Gonzalez None Present Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder Tape No. Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendants: None Present None Present

PROCEEDINGS (IN CHAMBERS): ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: FRAUDULENT

JOINDER

Defendant Howmet Global Fastening Systems Inc. (“Howmet GFS”) removed this action to this Court on August 5, 2022, asserting complete diversity as a basis for this Court’s subject matter jurisdiction. This Court must sua sponte consider its own subject matter jurisdiction. See, e.g., Pistor v. Garcia, 791 F.3d 1104, 1111 (9th Cir. 2015). Howmet GFS asserts that its co-defendant, Javier Garcia – the supervisor of plaintiff Rosa Manzo (“Plaintiff”) – was fraudulently-joined in this action in which he is named as a defendant on the…