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Nature of Suit Code: 385
Nature of Suit: Property Damage - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Product Liability

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Allstate Insurance Co., 

Plaintiff, 

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Sun Lin Electronics Co., LTD., et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 12-1348-PHX-JAT

ORDER

On July 13, 2012, the Court issued the following Order:

“Inquiring whether the court has jurisdiction is a federal judge’s first duty

in every case.” Belleville Catering Co. v. Champaign Market Place, L.L.C., 350 F.3d 691, 693 (7th Cir. 2003). In this case, the notice of removal fails to

sufficiently plead jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332; Hertz Corp. v. Friend, 130 S. Ct. 1181, 1192; - - - U.S. - - - (2010) (discussing the citizenship of

corporations); Johnson v. Columbia Properties Anchorage, L.P., 437 F.3d 894,

899 (9th Cir. 2006) (discussing the citizenship of limited liability companies).

Specifically, diversity jurisdiction requires complete diversity between all

plaintiffs and all defendants. Caterpillar v. Lewis, 386 U.S. 523, 531 (1996).

In this case, the notice of removal fails to allege the citizenship of two of the

three defendants.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that by July 20, 2012, the removing Defendant shall

file an amended notice of removal properly alleging federal subject matter

jurisdiction, or this case will be remanded for lack of federal subject matter

jurisdiction.

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On July 16, 2012, the removing Defendant filed an amended notice of removal but

still failed to allege the citizenship of the limited liability company. See Johnson v. Columbia

Properties Anchorage, L.P., 437 F.3d 894, 899 (9th Cir. 2006) (cited above); Belleville

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Catering Co. v. Champaign Market Place, L.L.C., 350 F.3d 691, 693 (7th Cir. 2003) (cited

above) (both holding that a limited liability company takes on the citizenship of all of its

members).

Accordingly, because the amended notice of removal still fails to plead complete

diversity, IT IS ORDERED remanding this case to Superior Court.

DATED this 16th day of July, 2012.

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