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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332nr Diversity-Notice of Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANAHITA SELKI, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET, INC.; 

SF MARKETS, LLC; and DOES 1 

through 50, 

Defendants.

 Case No.: 19cv471 JM (AGS) 

ORDER ON ORDER TO SHOW 

CAUSE HEARING 

 Presently before the court is its order to show cause why this matter should not be 

remanded (Doc. No. 2.) Plaintiff filed this action in the Superior Court of California on 

June 28, 2018, naming Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (“Sprouts”) and SF Markets, LLC 

(“SF Markets”) as defendants. (Doc No. 1 at 5.)1

 On February 7, 2019, Plaintiff amended 

her complaint to replace SF Markets with Henry’s Holdings, LLC (“Henry’s Holdings”). 

(Doc. No. 3-1, Exh. E at 32.) On March 12, 2019, Sprouts removed this action to federal 

court. (Doc. No. 1.) The court issued an order to show cause as the removal papers failed 

to establish complete diversity between all Defendants and Plaintiff, all Defendants were 

not included in the removal papers, and the notice failed to attach all process, pleadings, 

                                                                

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and orders served upon Defendants in the underlying action. (Doc. No. 2.) On April 4, 

2019, Defendants filed a response to the court’s order to show cause and an amended 

removal notice. (Doc. No. 3.) 

 Defendants’ response and amended removal notice sufficiently establish the court’s 

jurisdiction over this matter. Sprouts removed this action on the basis of diversity 

jurisdiction. Defendants now allege complete diversity between all Defendants and 

Plaintiff. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441. Plaintiff is a citizen of California; Sprouts is a citizen of 

both Delaware, its state of incorporation, and Arizona, its principal place of business. (Doc. 

No. 3-1, Exh. A at 6.) Henry Holdings is a limited liability company, and thus, its 

citizenship is determined by the citizenship of its members. Johnson v. Columbia 

Properties Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). Henry Holding’s sole 

member is Sprouts Farmers Markets Holdings, LLC, which is also a limited liability 

company. Defendant Sprouts is the sole member of Sprouts Farmers Markets Holdings, 

LLC. Thus, Henry Holding’s is a citizen of both Delaware and Arizona, like Sprouts. See 

Johnson, 437 F.3d at 899. Accordingly, there is complete diversity between Plaintiff and 

Defendants as none of the Defendants are citizens of California. 

 Defendants have also corrected their removal papers by adding all Defendants and 

attaching all process, pleadings, and orders served upon them. See 28 U.S.C. § 1446; 

Parrino v. FHP, Inc., 146 F.3d 699, 703 (9th Cir. 1998). 

Accordingly, for purposes of the court’s order to show cause, the court may exercise 

its jurisdiction over this matter. This order does not rule on Plaintiff’s motion to remand. 

Plaintiff is ordered to file the operative complaint in this action within ten (10) days of this 

order. Defendants are ordered to file their answers to the Plaintiff’s complaint within 

fourteen (14) days of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 16, 2019 JEFFREY T. MILLER 

 United States District Judge 

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