Meyer v. Butcher Company, Inc. et al

Filing 5

ORDER dismissing case for want of federal subject matter jurisdiction. Signed by Judge G. Patrick Murphy on 8/15/2012. (mab)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
DENNIS MEYER,
Plaintiff,
vs.
THE BUTCHER COMPANY, INC., a
corporation, INDUSTRIAL SOAP
COMPANY, a corporation, MACK
MOLDING COMPANY, INC., a
corporation, and DIVERSEY, INC., a
corporation
Defendants.

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CIVIL NO. 12-858-GPM

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MURPHY, District Judge:
This matter is before the Court sua sponte on the issue of federal subject matter jurisdiction.
See Foster v. Hill, 497 F.3d 695, 696-97 (7th Cir. 2007) (“It is the responsibility of a court to make
an independent evaluation of whether subject matter jurisdiction exists in every case.”);
Johnson v. Wattenbarger, 361 F.3d 991, 992 (7th Cir. 2004) (a district court’s “first duty in every
suit” is “to determine the existence of subject-matter jurisdiction”).
Plaintiff, Dennis Meyer, filed his complaint on July 30, 2012, for personal injuries incurred
by Plaintiff at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Illinois. Yet, in reviewing Plaintiff’s sixty-one page
complaint, there is not a single paragraph dedicated to establishing this Court’s federal subject
matter jurisdiction. Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED for want of federal subject matter
jurisdiction. See Guaranty Nat’l Title Co. v. J.E.G. Assocs., 101 F.3d 57, 59 (7th Cir. 1996) (“[I]t
is not the court’s obligation to lead [parties] through a jurisdictional paint-by-numbers scheme.”).
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The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to close this case on the Court’s docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: August 15, 2012
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G. PATRICK MURPHY
United States District Judge

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