Opinion
For Canyon View Limited, a limited partnership doing business as Canyon View Estates, Plaintiff (2:15-cv-02056-DSF-MAN): Kathleen Dority Fuster, Thomas M Norminton, LEAD ATTORNEYS, Norminto Witta and Fuster, Beverly Hills, CA.
For Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Defendant (2:15-cv-02056-DSF-MAN): Brian Burke Farrell, LEAD ATTORNEY, Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton LLP, San Diego, CA; John C Dineen, LEAD ATTORNEY, Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton, San Diego, CA.
For Canyon View Limited, a limited partnership doing business as Canyon View Estates, Plaintiff (2:15-cv-02079-DSF-MAN): Thomas M Norminton, LEAD ATTORNEY, Norminton Wiita and Fuster, Beverly Hills, CA.
For Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Defendant (2:15-cv-02079-DSF-MAN): Brian Burke Farrell, Edward D Vogel, Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton LLP, San Diego, CA; John C Dineen, Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton, San Diego, CA.
For NBS Default Services, LLC, Defendant (2:15-cv-02079-DSF-MAN): Stephen T Hicklin, LEAD ATTORNEY, Buckley Madole PC, Long Beach, CA.
Present: The Honorable DALE S. FISCHER, United States District Judge.
MEMORANDUM
The Honorable DALE S. FISCHER, United States District Judge.
Proceedings: (In Chambers) Order REMANDING Cases
The removing defendant, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., has failed to establish subject matter jurisdiction over these related cases. Both notices of removal plead only the citizenship of the " managing members" of the LLC defendant and the general partner of the plaintiff limited partnership. Citizenship of an unincorporated entity is based on the citizenship of all of the partners. See Carden v. Arkoma Assocs., 494 U.S. 185, 195-96, 110 S.Ct. 1015, 108 L.Ed.2d 157 (1990).
The notices of removal suggest that the LLC defendant is a nominal party but provide no argument in support of this position.
The cases are REMANDED to the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.
IT IS SO ORDERED.