Hudson EFT, LLC v. Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

HUDSON EFT, LLC, C/O AZIMUTH DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC, 20 Civ. 8603 (PAE) Plaintiff, -v- ORDER

WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge:

The Court has received both parties’ submissions on the pending request by Hudson EFT, LLC (“Hudson”) to join a non-diverse party and remand this action to New York State court. Hudson, however, has not alleged or described the citizenship of its members for purposes of diversity. See Strother v. Harte, 171 F. Supp. 2d 203, 205 (S.D.N.Y. 2001) (“For purposes of diversity jurisdiction, a limited liability company has the citizenship of each of its members.”); Dkt. 1-1 ¶ 1 (original complaint states only that Hudson’s “principal place of business is located in the State of New York); Dkt. 10-1 ¶ 1 (proposed amended complaint states same); Dkt 8 ¶ 6 (notice of removal states, upon information and belief, that Hudson is a “domestic corporation” organized under New York law); Dkt 10 at 2 (stating only that “Plaintiff is also a citizen of New York). To enable the Court to confirm that there is diversity of citizenship between the parties even absent Hudson’s proposed joinder, Hudson is directed to file, by Friday, November 6, 2020, a letter identifying (1) the citizenship of all natural persons who are members of the LLC; and (2) the place of incorporation and principal place of business of any corporate entities who are members of the LLC. SO ORDERED.

____________________________________ Paul A. Engelmayer United States District Judge

Dated: November 4, 2020 New York, New York