Joseph Banuelos v. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case Nos. 8:20-cv-00671-JLS-KES Date: June 01, 2020 Titles: Joseph Banuelos v. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association et al. Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Terry Guerrero N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANT:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

FRAUDULENT JOINDER

Plaintiff Joseph Banuelos filed this action in Orange County Superior Court on February 5, 2020. (Compl., Ex. A to Notice of Removal, Doc. 1.) On April 6, 2020, Defendant Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) removed the case to this Court, asserting diversity jurisdiction. (Notice of Removal, Doc. 1 at 1.) Although both Plaintiff and Defendant Quality Loan Service Corporation (“Quality Loan”) are California citizens, Wells Fargo contends that complete diversity exists because Quality Loan should be disregarded as a fraudulently joined party. (See id. at 3–7.) A “district court ha[s] a duty to establish subject matter…