Gandy et al v. Redmon Oil Company Inc

Filing 7

ORDER: Defendants are directed to file an Amended Notice of Removal by 3/20/2009 that alleges with specificity the citizenship of each party, pursuant to the rules applicable to that party. Failure to do so may result in a remand for lack of establishment of subject-matter jurisdiction. Compliance Deadline set for 3/20/2009.Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 2/20/2009. (crt,Reasor, Mary)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT W E S T ER N DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA S H R E V EP O R T DIVISION

F R E D D IE MAE SMITH GANDY, ET AL VERSUS R E D M O N OIL CO., INC., ET AL

C I V I L ACTION NO. 09-cv-0249 J U D G E HICKS MAGISTRATE JUDGE HORNSBY

M E M O R A N D U M ORDER R e d m o n Oil Co., Inc. and Indigo Minerals, LLC removed this case based on an a s s e r ti o n of diversity jurisdiction, thus placing the burden on them to articulate facts that dem onstra te the diversity of citizenship. Indigo Minerals, LLC has not properly alleged its o w n citizenship. The applicable rules are set forth in cases such as Harvey v. Grey Wolf D r i l li n g Co., 542 F.3d 1077 (5th Cir. 2008) and Haddad v. Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, 2 0 0 8 WL 5172395 (W.D. La. 2008). Defendants are directed to file an Amended Notice of R e m o v a l by March 20, 2009 that alleges with specificity the citizenship of each party, p u r s u a n t to the rules applicable to that party. Failure to do so may result in a remand for lack o f establishment of subject-matter jurisdiction. T H U S DONE AND SIGNED in Shreveport, Louisiana, this 20th day of February, 2009.