Hunter

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WHITSON HUNTER, et al., Case No. 21-cv-06316-MMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER REMANDING CASE

v.

HINES INTERESTS LP, Defendant.

12 By order filed August 24, 2021, the Court directed defendant Hines Interests Limited Partnership ("HILP") to show cause why the above-titled action should not be remanded for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, specifically, for lack of diversity between HILP and the two plaintiffs, Whitson Hunter and D'Hante Jackson.1 Now before the Court is HILP's "Response to Order to Show Cause Re Diversity Jurisdiction," filed September 8, 2021. Having read and considered the response, the Court rules as follows. In its notice of removal, HILP, a "privately held limited partnership" (see Notice of Removal ¶ 9), asserts that both plaintiffs are citizens of California (see id. ¶ 8). As noted in the Court's order to show cause, however, the notice of removal does not identify the state or states of which HILP is a citizen, as it…