Mack, Jr. v. Shepard

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK wee KX JOSEPH MACK, Jr. and ANASTASIA RIVERA, : Plaintiffs, : : 22 Civ. 8950 (JPC) -v- : : ORDER WILLIAM SHEPARD and BOYD TRANSPORT, LLC: Defendants. : wee KX JOHN P. CRONAN, United States District Judge: All parties shall appear for a conference before the undersigned on November 1, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. The Court will conduct the conference via telephone. At the scheduled time, the parties should call (866) 434-5269, access code 9176261. Defendants should be prepared to address why jurisdiction is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, including why the amount-in-controversy threshold for diversity jurisdiction is met. See Mehlenbacher v. Akzo Nobel Salt, Inc., 216 F.3d 291, 296 (2d Cir. 2000) (“The Supreme Court has long held that separate and distinct claims raised by different plaintiffs may not be aggregated to satisfy the jurisdictional amount in controversy.” (citing Snyder v. Harris, 394 U.S. 332, 336 (1969))). SO ORDERED. Dated: October 24, 2022 _ eB New York, New York JOHN P. CRONAN United States District Judge