Gwendalyn Douglass v. Reliant Life Shares LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GWENDALYN DOUGLASS, Case No. 2:23-cv-00460-SB-AGR

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

REMAND

RELIANT LIFE SHARES LLC et al.,

Defendants.

Following the Court’s order for the parties to meet and confer about the amendment of Plaintiff’s pleadings and the possible consolidation of this action with the related case Baeza v. Reliant Life Shares, LLC, Case No. 2:23-cv-00474- SB-PD (Baeza), Plaintiff filed a motion to consolidate the cases and for leave to file two separate amended complaints—one for each case. Dkt. No. 38. Defendants oppose this unusual request, pointing out, among other issues, that if the cases are consolidated, Plaintiff should file a single amended complaint encompassing all claims. Dkt. No. 40. They also argue that Plaintiff seeks improperly to deprive the Court of jurisdiction by dropping all her federal claims. The motion is set for hearing on April 14, 2023.

Allowing Plaintiff to drop her federal claims does not deprive the Court of subject matter jurisdiction. See Carlsbad Tech., Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc., 556 U.S. 635, 640 (2009) (“Upon dismissal of…