Kowall Ventures, LLC v. Vincent Mehdizadeh
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL
Case No. CV 20-3012 FMO (JEMx) Date April 14, 2020 Title Kowall Ventures, LLC v. Vincent Mehdizadeh, et al.
Present: The Honorable Fernando M. Olguin, United States District Judge Vanessa Figueroa None None Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder Tape No. Attorney Present for Plaintiff: Attorney Present for Defendants: None Present None Present Proceedings: (In Chambers) Order to Show Cause Re: Jurisdiction Plaintiff Kowall Ventures, LLC (“plaintiff”) brought this action against defendants Vincent Mehdizadeh, Jaime Ortega, and Pineapple Ventures, Inc. (See Dkt. 1, Complaint). Federal subject matter jurisdiction is premised solely on diversity of the parties. (See id. at ¶ 6). When federal subject matter jurisdiction is predicated on diversity of citizenship pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), complete diversity must exist between the opposing parties. See Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis, 519 U.S. 61, 68, 117 S.Ct. 467, 472 (1996) (stating that the diversity jurisdiction statute “applies only to cases in which the citizenship of each…