Dickson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHANEL DICKSON, Case No. 22-cv-01720 NC Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

v. REMOVAL

TESLA ENERGY OPERATIONS, INC., RE: ECF 1 and others, 15 Defendants. 16 Defendants Tesla Energy Operations, Inc. and Tesla Inc. removed this case from Santa Clara County Superior Court on March 17, 2022, on the asserted basis of this Court’s diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. ECF 1, Notice of Removal. In the Notice of Removal, Tesla asserted that a third defendant, Kenny Griffin, was a citizen of California. ECF 1 at p. 4. The Notice of Removal did not address 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b)(2). That statute provides that a civil action otherwise removable solely on the basis of diversity jurisdiction “may not be removed if any of the parties in interest properly joined and served as defendants is a citizen of the State in which such action is brought.” Here, this action is brought in California, which is the same state of citizenship as …