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Parties Involved:
Vivian Haas
Plaintiff
Management & Training Corporation
Defendant
Claudia Washburn
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Vivian Haas, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Management & Training Corp.; Claudia

Washburn, 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 10-2043-PHX-JAT

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. Specifically, the notice of removal fails to prove an amount in controversy.

“Where the complaint does not demand a dollar amount, the removing defendant bears the

burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the amount in controversy

exceeds [$75,000].” Singer v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 116 F.3d 373, 376 (9th Cir.

1997) (citing Sanchez v. Monumental Life Ins. Co., 102 F.3d 398, 404 (9th Cir. 1996)).

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that by October 25, 2010, Defendant Management & Training

Corporation shall file an amended notice of removal properly alleging federal subject matter

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 The amended notice of removal must contain all jurisdictional allegations sufficient

to plead jurisdiction in one document and should not anticipate that the Court will read any

previous filings to assess jurisdiction. See Harris v. Bankers Life and Casualty Co., 425 F.3d

689, 695-96 (9th Cir. 2005); Valdez v. Allstate, 372 F.3d 1115, 1117 (9th Cir. 2004).

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jurisdiction, or this case will be remanded for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction.1

DATED this 6th day of October, 2010.

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