Lunch Inc v. Diligence Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:23-cv-08414-JLS-AGR Date: May 23, 2024 Title: Lunch, Inc. v. Diligence Corp., et al.

Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Charles A. Rojas N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendant:

Not Present Not Present

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

PERSONAL JURISDICTION

Plaintiff Lunch, Inc. seeks default judgment on its claims for breach of contract, fraud, conversion, and violations of RICO against Defendants Diligence, Corp., Keshanti Chism, and Carrie Parrish. (Mot. at 2, Doc. 28.) But Plaintiff makes no allegations in its complaint or motion that support personal jurisdiction over Defendants. The Complaint describes the basis for the Court’s subject-matter jurisdiction and then alleges that “[t]his Court also has personal jurisdiction over Defendants K. Chism and Parrish based upon the ultra vires acts committed by them which exceeded their…