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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 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: 

CITIZENSHIP OF DEFENDANT FAY 

SERVICING, LLC

Plaintiff’s motion to remand is pending before the Court, (Dkt. No. 11). To resolve the 

motion, the Court requires clarification regarding the citizenship of Defendant Fay Servicing, 

LLC. The Ninth Circuit has held that for purposes of determining complete diversity, “an LLC is 

a citizen of every state of which its owners/members are citizens.” 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, LLC’s “owners/members,” and instead provides 

information relevant to the citizenship of a corporation, not an LLC.1 (See Dkt. No. 1 at 5 

(asserting that Fay Servicing, LLC is organized in Delaware, “with its principal place of business 

in Illinois.”). 

Accordingly, Defendant Fay Servicing, LLC shall file a declaration clarifying its 

citizenship by April 12, 2019 at 12 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 9, 2019

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

 

1 The notice of removal provides similar information for Defendant Affinia Default Services, 

LLC. (See Dkt. No. 1 at 5-6.) However, the Court is satisfied as to the citizenship of Defendant 

Affinia based on information provided in the related case. See Greene v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 

et al., 18-cv-06689-JSC, 2019 WL 1331027, at *3 n.9 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 25, 2019). 

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