Ahmed v. National Freight Inc.

Opinion

USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK oe Hee eR DATE FILED: 10/4/2024 _ MD. A. AHMED, : Plaintiff, : : 24-cv-03974 (LJL) -v- : : ORDER RAFAEL LOPEZ and NATIONAL FREIGHT INC., : Defendants. : □□ KX LEWIS J. LIMAN, United States District Judge: The Court held a telephone conference on October 4, 2024. At the conference, the Court identified a potential defect with respect to diversity of citizenship as it is stated in the notice of removal and supporting documents. Dkt. No. 1. By October 18, 2024, the parties shall state any objection to the Court remanding the case to state court for failure to show complete diversity as required pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. See Platinum-Montaur Life Scis., LLC v. Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., 943 F.3d 613, 618 (2d Cir. 2019) (“[I]n a removal case with improperly pleaded citizenship” the district court may “remand|[] the case to state court . . . [or] exercise[] its discretion to order further discovery to determine whether there was complete diversity of citizenship.”’).

SO ORDERED. i * Dated: October 4, 2024 ee Wl coe New York, New York LEWIS J. LIMAN United States District Judge