Bhumbla

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 SANA BHUMBLA, Case No. 4:23-cv-01759-YGR

Plaintiff, ORDER FOR SUPPLEMENTAL v.

INFORMATION RE PENDING MOTION FOR

REMAND

PNC BANK, NATIONAL Dkt. No. 15 ASSOCIATION; KIM BEASLEY; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Before the Court is plaintiff’s request for remand of this action to state court for lack of diversity. (Dkt. No. 15.) Plaintiff argues that there is a lack of diversity because she and defendant Kim Beasley both reside in California. This is inadequate for determining diversity. A “natural person’s state citizenship is . . . determined by [his or] her state of domicile, not [his or] her state of residence. Kanter v. Warner-Lambert Co., 265 F.3d 853, 857 (9th Cir. 2001). The Court assumes that plaintiff means to allege that both she and defendant are “citizens” of California. This is a common problem with pleadings but the distinction matters. Further, defendants do argue to the…