Juan Manuel Olivares Romero v. Marshalls Of CA LLC

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:24-cv-00709-JLS-MRW Date: February 08, 2024 Title: Juan Manuel Olivares Romero v. Marshalls Of CA LLC et al Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Gabby Garcia N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANT:

Not Present Not Present

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

FOR LACK OF SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION

Defendant Marshalls of CA, LLC removed this employment-discrimination action from state court, invoking this Court’s diversity jurisdiction. (NOR, Doc. 1 ¶ 6.) One of Defendant’s sub-members is NBC Trust, “a business trust organized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts.” (Id. ¶ 25.)

For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, there are two types of trusts: “(1) traditional trusts establishing only fiduciary relationships and having no legal identity distinct from their trustees, [and] (2) the variety of unincorporated artificial entities to which states have…