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Parties Involved:
Datatel Solutions, Inc.
Counter Defendant
Keane Telecom Consulting, LLC
Counter Claimant
Outreach Telecom and Energy, LLC
Counter Claimant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DATATEL SOLUTIONS, INC., a 

California corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

KEANE TELECOM CONSULTING, 

LLC, a New Jersey limited 

liability company; OUTREACH 

TELECOM AND ENERGY, LLC, a 

New Jersey limited liability 

company,

Defendants.

2:12-CV-01306-GEB-EFB 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:SUBJECT 

MATTER JURISDICTION

Since Plaintiff alleges in its Complaint that 

diversity of citizenship is the basis of subject matter 

jurisdiction, and Plaintiff has sued two limited liability 

companies (“LLC”), this order to show cause issues and requires

Plaintiff to explain why this action should not be dismissed for 

lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Plaintiff only alleges in its Complaint where the 

principal business office of each LLC is located. However, the 

Ninth Circuit has held that “an LLC is a citizen of every state 

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of which its owners/members are citizens.” Johnson v. Columbia 

Properties Anchorage, LP, 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006) 

Therefore, each LLC’s citizenship depends on the citizenship of 

each LLC’s “owners/members.” Id.

For the stated reasons, Plaintiff shall address this 

jurisdictional issue in a filing due on or before January 14, 

2014; any response to Plaintiff’s filing shall be filed on or 

before January 21, 2014.

Dated: January 7, 2014

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