Bigelow
Dakavia Management Corp. v. Bigelow
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAKAVIA MANAGEMENT CORP., et No. 1:20-cv-00448-NONE-SKO al., 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE CONCERNING v. SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION 14 BRANDON BIGELOW, et al., (Doc. Nos. 38, 40, 41) 15 Defendants.
17 18 On June 19, 2020, plaintiffs Dakavia Management Corp., Monte Vista Estate, LLC and Lamar Estate, LLC (“plaintiffs”) filed a first amended complaint (“FAC”) against seven individual defendants, nine entity defendants, and Does 1–50 (“defendants”). (Doc. No. 38.) Richard A. Green and Razmik Zakarian (“cross-claimants”) filed an answer to the FAC and crossclaim on July 10, 2020. (Doc. Nos. 40 (answer) & 40-1 (cross-claim).) Certain other defendants filed a motion to dismiss the FAC on July 10, 2020 and a motion for imposition of sanctions on August 5, 2020. (Doc. Nos. 41 & 57.) Both the FAC and the cross-claim allege that this court has jurisdiction over this action under the diversity statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. (Doc. Nos. 38…