(PS) Nieto v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSE NIETO, JR., Case No. 2:20-cv-00422-JAM-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE AND GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

v. REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC., et al., ECF Nos. 36, 39 Defendants. 16 The court ordered defendants to show cause why this case should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because there is not complete diversity between the parties. ECF No. 36. Both plaintiff and defendant MTC Financial, Inc. are citizens of California. Defendants argue that MTC is a nominal party and as such should not be considered in evaluating diversity jurisdiction. Plaintiff has not opposed defendants’ briefing or MTC’s status as a nominal party. This court’s jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. However, the court “will ignore the citizenship of nominal or formal parties who have no interest in the action and are merely joined to perform the…