Maria Casas v. Galls, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARIA CASAS, Case No. 5:23-cv-01464-SB-JC

Plaintiff,

v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

SUBJECT MATTER

GALLS, LLC, JURISDICTION

Defendant.

Defendant Galls, LLC removed this case based solely on diversity jurisdiction. The notice of removal identifies Plaintiff as a citizen of California and Defendant as a citizen of Delaware and Kentucky. Dkt. No. 1 at 3–5. As Defendant correctly recognizes, the citizenship of a limited liability company is determined by the citizenship of each of its members, not by its principal place of business or the law under which it is organized. Johnson v. Columbia Props. Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). Defendant therefore identifies its sole member as Galls Intermediate Holdings, LLC, which it describes as a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware with its principal place of business in Kentucky. Dkt. No. 1 at 4. But just like Defendant, Defendant’s member Galls Intermediate Holdings, LLC is a limited liability company whose citizenship is determined by its members, and Defendant…