Geo Guidance Drilling Services, Inc. v. Renaissance Resources, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 GEO GUIDANCE DRILLING CASE NO. 1:20-CV-0465 AWI JLT SERVICES, INC., a California corporation,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Plaintiff
v.
RENAISSANCE RESOURCES, LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, 14 Defendants 15 16 This is a business dispute between Plaintiff and Defendant. Plaintiff brings California state law causes of action. The Complaint alleges that this Court has diversity jurisdiction. “[T]he question whether a court has subject matter jurisdiction can be raised at any time by the parties or the court.” Beers v. Southern P. Transp. Co., 703 F.2d 425, 429 (9th Cir. 1983) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3)). Federal courts may exercise “diversity jurisdiction” when the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000 and the parties are “citizens of different States.” 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a); Rainero v. Archon Corp., 844 F.3d 832, 839 (9th Cir. 2016). Diversity jurisdiction requires “complete diversity,” meaning that the citizenship of each plaintiff is different from the…