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 JOIN DAVID SANCHEZ
12 v. TO THIS CASE OR TO SHOW CAUSE 13 WHY THE CASE SHOULD NOT BE
MERCHANTILE RESOURCE GROUP, DISMISSED UNDER RULE 19
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. The 20 Court ordered the plaintiffs to show cause why it had subject matter jurisdiction over this 21 action because the Complaint did not identify the citizenship of every defendant and did 22 not sufficiently allege that the amount in controversy exceeded $75,000. Dkt. No. 25. The 23 Court additionally ordered the plaintiffs to show cause why service of process was…