Opinion
Civil Action No. 12-cv-02573-BNB
01-11-2013
MINUTE ORDER
ORDER ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE BOYD N. BOLAND
Plaintiff filed a "Request for Clarification/and or Request for Jurisdiction" (ECF No. 11) on January 8, 2013. The Court construes the request as a motion for clarification, which is granted.
On December 10, 2012, the Court directed Plaintiff to file an amended complaint to allege facts supporting federal court jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 or § 1332. Plaintiff did not file an amended complaint, but instead asserts in his request for clarification that the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000. If Plaintiff intends to assert jurisdiction based on the diversity jurisdiction statute, he must file an amended complaint and allege in that pleading the facts necessary to support jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Accordingly, it is
HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint on the court-approved Complaint form, on or before February 11, 2013.