Arikapudi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 RAVINDRAN ARIKAPUDI, Case No. 23-cv-02453-NC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: CITIZENSHIP OF v. DEFENDANT’S MEMBERS 13 WIPRO VLSI DESIGN SERVICES, LLC, Re: ECF 1 14 Defendant. 15 16 Plaintiff Ravindran Arikapudi filed suit against Defendant Wipro VLSI Design Services, LLC (“Wipro VLSI”) and unnamed doe defendants, alleging employment related claims in California state court. ECF 1, Bachert Declaration ¶ 2, Ex. A. Wipro VLSI removed the case to federal court. However, the citizenship of Wipro VLSI, as well as its other corporate members, is unclear. The Court ORDERS Wipro VLSI to file a statement clarifying the citizenship of its corporate members to support its claim to federal jurisdiction. The district court has “a duty to establish subject matter jurisdiction over the removed action sua sponte, whether the parties raised the issue or not. United Investors Life Ins. Co. v. Waddell &…