Book v. Industrial Services Group, Inc.

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION 1:23-cv-00004-MR-WCM

CHEVY BOOK; ) CHRISTIAN BOOK; ) DARIUS T. GIPSON; ) DAMIEN A. BARRIOS; ) JAMES O. KING; ) MELVIN LAVALL, SR.; ) MELVIN LAVALL, JR.; ) LARICIA LEDENT; ) ORDER KARA BULLOCK; ) KAREN PETTY; ) BYRON RICHARDSON; and ) FREDERICK RICHARDSON, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) INDUSTRIAL SERVICES ) GROUP, INC. ) ) ; and ) BLUE RIDGE PAPER ) PRODUCTS LLC ) ) ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________

This matter is before the Court . On August 29, 2023, Defendant Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC doing business as Evergreen Packaging (“Evergreen”) filed a Disclosure by Party or Intervenor in a Diversity Case (the “Citizenship Disclosure Statement,” Doc. 50), as previously directed by the Court. Evergreen’s Citizenship Disclosure Statement provides some information regarding the citizenship of relevant entities in Evergreen’s membership structure, but it does not fully trace the citizenship of all such parties until only individuals and/or corporations are reached. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(2); Jennings v. HCR ManorCare, Inc., 901 F.Supp.2d 649, 651 (D.S.C. 2012) (“an LLC’s members’ citizenship must be traced through however many layers of members there may be”). IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT Defendant Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC doing business as Evergreen Packaging SHALL FILE an Amended Citizenship Disclosure Statement on or before September 8, 2023.

Signed: August 30, 2023

W. Carleton Metcalf é United States Magistrate Judge ARS,