M & N Resources Management L L C v. Exco Operating Co L P

Filing 4

MEMORANDUM ORDER: M & N, to meet its burden of establishing diversity jurisdiction, will need to amend its complaint to allege with specificity the citizenship of the L L C and L P parties. Citizenship must be traced through the various organizational layers in accordance with the rules that apply to the various forms of entities. The amended complaint must be filed before a scheduling conference will be held. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 2/19/2014. (crt,Putch, A)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
SHREVEPORT DIVISION

M & N RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,
LLC

CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-cv-0238

VERSUS

JUDGE FOOTE

EXCO OPERATING CO., LP

MAGISTRATE JUDGE HORNSBY

MEMORANDUM ORDER
M & N, to meet its burden of establishing diversity jurisdiction, will need to amend
its complaint to allege with specificity the citizenship of the LLC and LP parties. Citizenship
must be traced through the various organizational layers in accordance with the rules that
apply to the various forms of entities. General allegations that all members or partners are
of diverse citizenship from the parties on the other side, without factual specificity, are not
sufficient. Burford v. State Line Gathering Sys., LLC, 2009 WL 2487988 (W.D. La. 2009).
The amended complaint must be filed before a scheduling conference will be held.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Shreveport, Louisiana, this 19th day of February,
2014.