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Lyerla v. AMCO Insurance

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois
Oct 12, 2006
462 F. Supp. 2d 931 (S.D. Ill. 2006)

Opinion

CIVIL NO. 06-679-GPM.

October 12, 2006.

Jimmy D. Ellis, Burkart Law Offices, Maryville, IL, for Plaintiff and Counter Defendant.

Robert W. Cockerham, Brown James, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant.


ORDER


This matter is before the Court sua sponte on review of the jurisdictional allegations of the amended notice of removal filed by Defendant AMCO Insurance Company ("AMCO") on September 29, 2006 (Doc. 9). AMCO's amended notice of removal alleges "[u]pon information and belief" that Plaintiff Lyle Lyerla is a citizen of Illinois and that Wildewood Construction is a sole proprietorship of which Lyerla is the sole proprietor. Doc. 9 ¶ 2, ¶ 3. Allegations of federal subject matter jurisdiction may not be made on the basis of information and belief, only personal knowledge. See America's Best Inns, Inc. v. Best Inns of Abilene, L.P., 980 F.2d 1072, 1074 (7th Cir. 1992); Mifflin v. Clark, Civil No. 04-4092-GPM, 2006 WL 1380017, at *1 (S.D. Ill. May 15, 2006); In re Sage Enters., Inc., No. 04 B 05548, 04 A 03014, 2006 WL 1722582, at *7 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. Apr. 28, 2006); Alsup v. 3-Day Blinds, No. Civ. 05-287-GPM, 2005 WL 2094745, at *3 (S.D. Ill. Aug. 25, 2005); Smith v. Pfizer, Inc., No. 05-CV-0112-MJR, 2005 WL 3618319, at *1 (S.D. Ill. Mar. 24, 2005). See also Huff v. UGI Corp., No. 1:06-CV-180, 2006 WL 2385286, at *1 n. 2 (N.D. Ind. Aug. 16, 2006). Therefore, AMCO is ORDERED to file a second amended notice of removal that omits any reference to "information and belief" in its jurisdictional allegations not later than ten (10) days from the date of entry of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Lyerla v. AMCO Insurance

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois
Oct 12, 2006
462 F. Supp. 2d 931 (S.D. Ill. 2006)
Case details for

Lyerla v. AMCO Insurance

Case Details

Full title:LYLE LYERLA, d/b/a WILDEWOOD CONSTRUCTION, Plaintiff, v. AMCO INSURANCE…

Court:United States District Court, S.D. Illinois

Date published: Oct 12, 2006

Citations

462 F. Supp. 2d 931 (S.D. Ill. 2006)

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