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Parties Involved:
Clarendon National Insurance Company
Defendant
Ocadian Care Centers, LLC
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OCADIAN CARE CENTERS, LLC,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CLARENDON NATIONAL INSURANCE

COMPANY,

Defendant /

No. C-06-4684 MMC

ORDER REMANDING ACTION

By order filed August 16, 2006, the Court directed defendant Clarendon National

Insurance Company to show cause, no later than August 25, 2006, why the above-titled

action should not be remanded for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. As noted by the

Court, although defendant’s Notice of Removal relied on diversity of citizenship, defendant

did not allege the states of which the owners and members of plaintiff Ocadian Care

Centers, LLC are citizens. See Johnson v. Columbia Properties Anchorage, LP, 437 F. 3d

894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006) (providing limited liability corporation is “citizen of every state in

which its owners/members are citizens”).

On August 25, 2006, defendant timely filed its response to the Court’s order, stating

therein that defendant had, a week after removing the case, requested that plaintiff provide

defendant with the state of residency for each such owner and member, but that plaintiff

had not yet provided the information.

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Because the Notice of Removal does not allege any facts to support a finding that

the parties are completely diverse, and defendant concedes it has no information to support

removal on diversity grounds, the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the instant

action.

Accordingly, the above-titled action is hereby REMANDED to the Superior Court of

the State of California, in and for the County of San Francisco.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 29, 2006 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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