Steven L. Lombardo v. Mercantile Resource Group, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9
10 STEVEN L. LOMBARDO and LIFE FORCE TRUST, Case No. 20-cv-02153-NC 11 Plaintiffs,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE
12 v. COURT HAS SUBJECT MATTER 13 JURISDICTION OVER THIS CASE
MERCHANTILE RESOURCE GROUP, AND WHETHER SERVICE IS PROPER
14 INC, and CHOCTAW INDIAN ASSET RECOVERY TRUST dba CHOCTAW 15 MANAGEMENT GROUP
16 Defendants.
17 Plaintiffs Steven Lombardo and Life Force Trust (LFT) filed a complaint against 18 defendants Merchantile Resource Group, Inc (MRG) and Choctaw Management Group 19 (CMG) with claims for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty. Dkt. No. 1. 20 Plaintiffs state that this Court has subject matter jurisdiction on diversity grounds under 28 21 U.S.C. § 1332. Id. at 6. 22 The Complaint does not identify the citizenship of every defendant, nor does it 23 make clear that the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000. Dkt. No. 1. The Court also 24 has doubts as to whether service was proper and defendants…