Fujian Shenda Investment Management Co., Ltd. v. Yu Yuxin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FUJIAN SHENDA INVESTMENT Case No. 2:23-cv-05888-SB-BFM

MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.,

Petitioner,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v. THE CASE SHOULD NOT BE

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF

YU YUNXIN et al., PERSONAL JURISDICTION

Respondents.

Following a dispute over a Chinese commercial real estate transaction, Petitioner Fujian Shenda Investment Management Co., Ltd., a Chinese company, obtained a Chinese arbitration award against Yu Yunxin, a Chinese individual currently residing in China. Fujian seeks to confirm the award in the Central District of California. Because Fujian has not yet established that this Court has personal jurisdiction over Yu, Fujian is ordered to show cause why this case should not be dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction.1 Fujian seeks to confirm the award here because Yu owned (and recently sold) a home worth several million dollars in Arcadia, California (the Arcadia property). Those funds are currently held in escrow in this district. In response to the Court’s requests for supplemental briefing, Fujian conceded that the court lacks general…