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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1444 Petition for Removal- Foreclosure

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN BATIESTE GREENE, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

FAY SERVICING, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.19-cv-01073-JSC 

SECOND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

RE: CITIZENSHIP OF DEFENDANT 

FAY SERVICING, LLC

The Court’s April 9, 2019 Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) sought clarification regarding the 

citizenship of Defendant Fay Servicing, LLC (“Fay Servicing”) because for purposes of 

determining complete diversity, “an LLC is a citizen of every state of which its owners/members 

are citizens.” See Johnson v. Columbia Props. Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). 

Defendants’ notice of removal does not specify the citizenship of Fay Servicing’s 

“owners/members,” and instead provides information relevant to the citizenship of a corporation, 

not an LLC. (See Dkt. No. 1 at 5 (asserting that Fay Servicing, LLC is organized in Delaware, 

“with its principal place of business in Illinois.”).) Thus, the Court ordered Fay Servicing to 

provide a declaration clarifying its citizenship. (Dkt. No. 36.) 

Fay Servicing responded to the Court’s OSC with a declaration attesting that “[t]he sole 

member and owner of Fay Servicing, LLC is Fay Management, LLC,” which is a “Delaware 

limited liability company.” (Dkt. No. 37-1 at ¶ 3.) That information does not clarify the 

citizenship of Fay Servicing, however, because “an LLC is a citizen of every state of which its 

owners/members are citizens.” See Johnson, 437 F.3d at 899. Thus, the citizenship of Fay 

Servicing depends on the citizenship of Fay Management, LLC’s “owners/members.” See id. 

Accordingly, Fay Servicing shall file a declaration clarifying the citizenship of its sole 

owner and member—Fay Management, LLC—by April 12, 2019 at 12 p.m. 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

April 11, 2019

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