Beth Bell v. Barnett Outdoors, LLC

• Court: District Court, S.D. Mississippi
• Decided: November 7, 2025
• Docket: 3:25-cv-00845
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION

BETH BELL PLAINTIFF

V. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:25-CV-845-DPJ-ASH

BARNETT OUTDOORS, LLC DEFENDANT

ORDER

This matter is before the Court sua sponte to address deficiencies in Defendant Barnett Outdoors, LLC’s Rule 7.1 disclosure statement. Defendant removed this case to this Court on November 5, 2025, invoking the Court’s diversity jurisdiction. Defendant filed a Disclosure Statement [2] as required by Rule 7.1 on the same day. Because its Rule 7.1 disclosure statement is deficient, the Court orders Defendant to file a corrected and complete disclosure statement by November 14, 2025. Rule 7.1(a)(2)(A) requires every party in a diversity case to file a disclosure statement that “name[s]—and identif[ies]—every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party.” Defendant’s disclosure fails to do so. It merely states: “Defendant, Barnett Outdoors, LLC, is a Florida limited liability company with its principal place of business in Florida. Barnett Outdoors, LLC does not have a parent company and is not owned in any part by a publicly held corporation.” This is deficient for Rule 7.1 purposes because “[a] party seeking to establish diversity jurisdiction must specifically allege the citizenship of every member of every LLC or partnership involved in a litigation.” Settlement Funding, L.L.C. v. Rapid Settlements, Ltd., 851 F.3d 530, 536 (5th Cir. 2017); see also Harvey v. Grey Wolf Drilling Co, 542 F.3d 1077, 1080 (5th Cir. 2008) (“All federal appellate courts that have addressed the issue have reached the same conclusion: like limited partnerships and other unincorporated associations or entities, the citizenship of a LLC is determined by the citizenship of all of its members.”). Defendant is therefore ordered to submit a corrected and complete Rule 7.1 disclosure by November 14th, 2025.

SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED this the 7th day of November, 2025.

s/ Andrew S. Harris UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE