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Parties Involved:
Comcast of Sacramento I, LLC
Plaintiff
Comcast of Sacramento II, LLC
Plaintiff
Comcast of Sacramento III, LLC
Plaintiff
Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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COMCAST OF SACRAMENTO I, LLC; 

COMCAST OF SACRAMENTO II, 

LLC; and COMCAST OF 

SACRAMENTO III, LLC;

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN CABLE 

TELEVISION COMMISSION, and 

DOES 1 through 20,

 Defendant.

CIV. NO. 2:16-1264 WBS EFB

ORDER

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After reviewing the parties’ Joint Status Report, the 

court is uncertain as to whether it has jurisdiction in this 

matter. Defendant is a California municipal entity. (Joint 

Status Report at 5 (Docket No. 16).) Plaintiffs, California 

limited liability companies, claim that they are not citizens of 

California, but citizens of Pennsylvania and Michigan. (Compl. 

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¶¶ 1-3, 8 (Docket No. 1).) The Ninth Circuit has held that “an 

LLC is a citizen of every state of which its owners/members are 

citizens.” Johnson v. Columbia Properties Anchorage, LP, 437 

F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006). Plaintiffs have not provided any 

indication that their owners and members are not citizens of 

California. Given plaintiffs’ names and registrations, the court 

cannot make that assumption. Accordingly, the basis for 

diversity jurisdiction is unclear.

Accordingly, on or before January 30, 2017, counsel for 

plaintiffs shall file a statement setting forth whether any of 

plaintiffs’ owners or members are citizens of California for 

purposes of diversity jurisdiction.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 24, 2017

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