Ricardo Estrada Castillo v. Varinder Singh, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Central District of California remanded the action to the Los Angeles County Superior Court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The court held that the removing defendant failed to establish complete diversity because it did not identify the members of Horizon Royal Carrier Transport, LLC or their citizenships, and denied pending motions as moot.

Holdings

1. The removing defendants failed to establish complete diversity because Horizon Royal Carrier Transport, LLC did not identify its members or the citizenship of each member.
2. For diversity-jurisdiction purposes, an LLC's state of organization and principal place of business are irrelevant; the LLC has the citizenship of each of its members.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the removing defendants established federal diversity subject matter jurisdiction.
2. Whether an LLC's state of organization and principal place of business establish its citizenship for diversity purposes.
3. Whether the action had to be remanded when the LLC failed to identify its members and their citizenship.

Disposition

remanded