Kelly v. Area 15 Las Vegas LLC ( 2024 )

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 7 JOHN KELLY, Case No. 2:24-cv-00696- NJK 8 Plaintiff(s), Order ov. [Docket No. 2] 10) AREA 15 LAS VEGAS LLC, et al., 11 Defendant(s). 12 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ certificate of interested parties. Docket No. 2. 13 To assist federal courts in ensuring that diversity jurisdiction exists, the disclosure 14] statement filed by each party “must name—and identify the citizenship of—every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(2). For purposes of 16] diversity jurisdiction, “an LLC is a citizen of every state of which its owners/members are 17} citizens.” Johnson v. Columbia Props. Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). 18} “Moreover, if any member of [an LLC] is itself a partnership or association (or another LLC), the 19] Court needs to know the citizenship of each ‘sub-member’ as well.” Diamos v. Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC, 2014 WL 12603136, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 31, 2014). Defendants are LLCs, but 21] their certificate of interested parties fails to the identify their members/owners and their citizenship. See Docket No. 2. 23 Accordingly, Defendants must file an amended certificate of interested parties complying 24] with Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(2) by April 19, 2024. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 Dated: April 12, 2024 hk. 7 gf fe \ Ze _ Nancy J. Koppe\ 28 United States won Judge