Opinion
Civ. 24-1052 LF/SCY
12-16-2024
DAVID FRANCO, Plaintiff, v. BILL DAVIS TRUCKING, INC., and RONALD GOINGS, Defendants.
ORDER TO FILE CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Federal Rule of Procedure 7.1 requires every nongovernmental corporate party to file a statement that: “(A) identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held corporation owning 10% or more of its stock; or (B) states that there is no such corporation.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 7.1(a)(1).
This rule also requires every party to file a disclosure statement as to its own citizenship. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 7.1(a)(2) (“In an action in which jurisdiction is based on diversity under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), a party or intervenor must, unless the court orders otherwise, file a disclosure statement. The statement must name -- and identify the citizenship of -- every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party or intervenor: when the action is filed in or removed to federal court.”).
These disclosures are due “with [the party's] first appearance, pleading, petition, motion, response, or other request addressed to the court.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 7.1(b)(1). Defendant Bill Davis Trucking, Inc. is a nongovernmental corporate party who has filed a motion to dismiss and a motion to strike but not filed a corporate disclosure statement or a citizenship disclosure statement. Docs. 7 & 9.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Bill Davis Trucking, Inc. file a corporate disclosure statement and a corporate citizenship statement that fully complies with Rule 7.1 no later than December 23, 2024.
IT IS SO ORDERED.