Pebble Beach Investment Group, LLC v. Square One Starts, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 PEBBLE BEACH INVESTMENT GROUP, Case No. 21-cv-00522-VKD

LLC,

9 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE REMOVAL v. Re: Dkt. No.

SQUARE ONE STARTS, LLC,

12 Defendant.

13 On January 21, 2021, defendant Square One Starts, LLC (“Square One”) removed this matter from the Santa Cruz County Superior Court, asserting diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, LLCs are treated like partnerships. Johnson v. Columbia Properties Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). Thus, “like a partnership, an LLC is a citizen of every state of which its owners/members are citizens.” Id. The Court has an ongoing obligation to ensure that it has subject matter jurisdiction over an action. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3). The notice of removal does not clearly identify the citizenship of all of the owners/members of Square One or of plaintiff…