Group CG Builders and Contractors et al v. Cahaba Disaster Recovery, LLC et al

Filing 20

Order for defendants Cahaba Disaster Recovery LLC and DRC Emergency Services LLC, to each separately file a Notice of LLC Membership as set out. ( Miscellaneous deadline set for 4/13/2012.). Signed by Judge Kristi K. DuBose on 3/7/2012. (cmj)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
GROUP CG BUILDERS AND
CONTRACTORS, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
CAHABA DISASTER RECOVERY, LLC,
et al.,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-00729-KD-C

ORDER
This matter is before the Court on a review of the Corporate Disclosure Statements filed
by Defendant Cahaba Disaster Recovery, L.L.C. (Doc. 15) and Defendant DRC Emergency
Services, L.L.C. (Doc. 16).
Plaintiffs’ Complaint alleges that federal subject matter jurisdiction exists pursuant to
diversity jurisdiction, asserting in relevant part that Defendants Cahaba Disaster Recovery and
DRC Emergency Services are limited liability companies incorporated and located in the State of
Alabama, each with a principal place of business in Mobile, Alabama. (Doc. 1 at 1-2). No
further information has been provided.1
These Defendants are limited liability companies. Defendants have not addressed their
respective membership in the Corporate Disclosure Statements (Docs. 15, 16). Thus there is no

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For purposes of assessing diversity of citizenship, Aa limited liability company is a citizen of
any state of which a member of the company is a citizen.@ Rolling Greens, MHP, L.P. v. Comcast SCH
Holdings, L.L.C., 374 F.3d 1020, 1022-1023 (11th Cir. 2004); Business Asia Consultants, Inc. v.
Thermasolutions, LLC, Slip Copy, 2008 WL 1766888, *1-2 (S.D. Fla. Apr. 14, 2008); Whiddon
Farms, Inc. v. Delta and Pine Land Co., 103 F. Supp. 2d 1310, 1311-1313 (S.D. Ala. 2000). ATo
sufficiently allege the citizenships of these unincorporated business entities, a party must list the
citizenships of all the members of the limited liability compan[ies] and all the partners of the limited
partnership.@ Rolling Greens, 374 F.3d at 1022 (emphasis added).

information as to the identity of these LLCs’ members or allegations regarding their citizenship.
That information is necessary for the undersigned to determine whether diversity jurisdiction
exists, as well as to determine whether there is any reason to believe that there are potential
conflicts of interest which would require disqualification or recusal. Accordingly, Defendant
Cahaba Disaster Recovery, L.L.C. and Defendant DRC Emergency Services, L.L.C. are
ORDERED to each separately file a Notice of LLC Membership identifying the members of the
LLC along with their respective citizenship no later than March 14, 2012, so that this Court may
determine whether diversity jurisdiction exists and whether there are any conflicts of interest
which would require disqualification or recusal.
DONE and ORDERED this the 7th day of March 2012.
/s/ Kristi K. DuBose
KRISTI K. DuBOSE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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