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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgment (Insurance)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Bradley Young,

Plaintiff,

v. 

Owners Insurance Company, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV-20-08077-PCT-DWL

ORDER 

On April 15, 2020, the Court ordered Plaintiff to file an amended complaint, 

properly alleging the citizenship of each party. (Doc. 6.) Specifically, the Court pointed 

out two defects in the complaint (Doc. 1): (1) “Plaintiff failed to allege his own citizenship” 

(emphasis removed), and (2) “Plaintiff also failed to allege the place of incorporation of 

both defendants.” (Doc. 6 at 2.)

On April 23, 2020, Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint (“FAC”). (Doc. 7). 

The FAC properly alleges Plaintiff’s citizenship (id. ¶ 5) but again fails to allege the place 

of incorporation of both defendants (id. ¶¶ 6-7). The assertion that each corporate 

defendant is a citizen of a particular state is insufficient—the place of incorporation must 

be alleged.

Plaintiff must file yet another amended complaint to correct these deficiencies.1 

NewGen, LLC v. Safe Cig, LLC, 840 F.3d 606, 612 (9th Cir. 2016) (“Courts may permit 

1 This amended complaint pursuant to court order will not affect Plaintiff’s right 

under Rule 15(a)(1) to later amend once as a matter of course, if he chooses to do so. See, 

e.g., Ramirez v. Cty. of San Bernardino, 806 F.3d 1002, 1006-09 (9th Cir. 2015).

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parties to amend defective allegations of jurisdiction at any stage in the proceedings.”). 

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that within two weeks of the date of this Order, Plaintiff shall 

file an amended complaint properly alleging the citizenship of each party.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff fails to timely file an amended 

complaint, the Clerk of the Court shall dismiss this case, without prejudice, for lack of 

subject matter jurisdiction.

Dated this 25th day of April, 2020.

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