Opinion
22 Civ. 3923 (LGS)
05-17-2022
RUEBIN KENNEDY, Plaintiff, v. JOE OROCHENA and YRC INC. d/b/a YRC FREIGHT, Defendant.
ORDER
LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge:
WHEREAS, on May 17, 2022, Defendants filed a Notice of Removal (Dkt. No. 1);
WHEREAS, the Notice of Removal fails to allege the citizenship of Defendant YRC Inc., as the Notice of Removal fails to allege “every State . . . by which” the corporate defendant “has been incorporated.” 28 U.S.C. § 1332(c)(1);
WHEREAS, a District Court may sua sponte remand a case for a procedural defect within thirty (30) days of the filing of the Notice of Removal, and may sua sponte remand a case at any time for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Mitskovski v. Buffalo & Fort Erie Pub. Bridge Auth., 435 F.3d 127, 131 (2d Cir. 2006); accord Valentin v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., No. 21 Civ. 3647, 2021 WL 2852039, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. July 8, 2021);
WHEREAS, “failure to allege the state of ‘incorporation'” in a notice of removal is “fatal to the diversity claim.” Teamsters Loc. 404 Health Servs. & Ins. Plan v. King Pharms., Inc., No. 15 Civ. 4666, 2016 WL 1138501, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2016); accord Berman v. Quality Motors, No. 16 Civ. 128, 2016 WL 828136, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 23, 2016); Cruz v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLP, No. 15 Civ. 1372, 2015 WL 8481678, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 28, 2015).
WHEREAS, if a “notice of removal and the underlying state-court record failed to establish whether the parties to this action were completely diverse, ” the district court should “remand[] the case to state court.” PlatinumBiopharmaceuticals, Inc., 943 F.3d 613, 618
ORDERED that the matter is remand the Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to the Supreme Court of the State of New York, directed to close the case.