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Parties Involved:
Eli Lilly and Company
Defendant
Jonathan Hollibaugh
Plaintiff

Document Text:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA

INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION

JONATHAN HOLLIBAUGH,

 Plaintiff,

 v. 

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY,

 

 Defendant.

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 No. 1:16-cv-02075-TWP-DKL

ENTRY ON JURISDICTION

It has come to the Court’s attention that Plaintiff’s Complaint fails to allege all of the facts 

necessary to determine whether this Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this case. The 

Complaint alleges that this Court has jurisdiction based upon diversity of citizenship. However, 

the Complaint fails to sufficiently allege the citizenship of the Plaintiff. Citizenship is the operative 

consideration for jurisdictional purposes. See Meyerson v. Harrah’s East Chicago Casino, 299 

F.3d 616, 617 (7th Cir. 2002) (“residence and citizenship are not synonyms and it is the latter that 

matters for purposes of the diversity jurisdiction”).

The Complaint alleges that “Plaintiff Jonathan Hollibaugh is and was at all relevant times 

an adult resident citizen of the United State residing in the County of Beaver, State of 

Pennsylvania.” (Filing No. 1 at 1.) This allegation of state residency is not sufficient to allow the 

Court to determine whether diversity jurisdiction exists.

Therefore, the Plaintiff is ORDERED to file a Supplemental Jurisdictional Statement that 

establishes the Court’s jurisdiction over this case. This statement should specifically identify the 

state citizenship of the Plaintiff. This jurisdictional statement is due fourteen (14) days from the 

date of this Entry.

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SO ORDERED.

Date: 8/11/2016

Distribution:

Jeff S. Gibson

COHEN & MALAD LLP

jgibson@cohenandmalad.com

Edward B. Mulligan, V 

COHEN & MALAD LLP

emulligan@cohenandmalad.com

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