Freedom JN, LLC v. Frontiers Records S.r.l.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 FREEDOM JN, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-10060-JCS Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v. CASE SHOULD NOT BE REMANDED FRONTIERS RECORDS S.R.L., et al., Defendants. Defendants removed this case from state court asserting diversity jurisdiction based on 12 || their good faith belief that none of Plaintiff Freedom JN, LLC’s members are citizens of Italy (as || are both defendants), but noting that they lack actual knowledge of the identity of Freedom JN’s || members as that information is not publicly available or reasonably ascertainable. Such |] allegations based on information and belief meet Defendants’ burden for removal under the || reasoning of Carolina Casualty Insurance Company v. Team Equipment, Inc., 741 F.3d 1082, 1086 (9th Cir. 2014). See also Lincoln Ben. Life Co. v. AEI Life, LLC, 800 F.3d 99, 110 (3d Cir. || 2015). The Court, however, has an independent obligation to determine its…