PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY
v.
MEDICAB TRANSPORTATION, LLC
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The court held that the plaintiff's amended complaint failed to adequately plead diversity jurisdiction because it did not properly allege the citizenship of the defendant LLC's sole member.
Plaintiff invoked diversity jurisdiction in its amended complaint. The court had previously dismissed the original complaint for insufficient allegati…
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This matter comes before the Court after sua sponte review of the Amended Complaint (Doc. 6). The Court is “obligated to inquire into subject matter jurisdiction sua sponte whenever it may be lacking.” Univ. of S. Ala. v. Am. Tobacco Co., 168 F. 3d 405, 410 (11th Cir. 1999). Because Plaintiff's allegations of diversity jurisdiction are inadequate, the Court dismisses without prejudice.
Plaintiff invokes the Court's diversity jurisdiction. (Doc. 6 ¶ 1). The Court previously dismissed the complaint because Plaintiff insufficiently alleged the citizenship of Prime Insurance Company and Medicab Transportation, LLC. (Doc. 5). Plaintiff amended. (Doc. 6). Plaintiff has sufficiently addressed Prime Insurance Company's citizenship, but Medicab Transportation still needs work.
Medicab Transportation is a limited liability company. (Doc. 6 ¶ 3). An LLC “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 (11th Cir. 2004). And each member's citizenship is determined by where she is domiciled. See McCormick v. Aderholt, 293 F. 3d 1254, 1257 (11th Cir. 2002).
Regarding Medicab Transportation's members, Plaintiff alleges only that it “has a sole owner member who resides in Florida.” (Doc. 6 ¶ 3). But residence—without more—does not show domicile. See, e.g., Travaglio v. Am. Express Co., 735 F. 3d 1266, 1269 (11th Cir. 2013); McCormick v. Aderholt, 293 F. 3d 1254, 1257-58 (11th Cir. 2002) (defining citizenship as a person's “domicile,” or “the place of his true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment . . . to which he has the intention of returning whenever he is absent therefrom[.]"). Because Plaintiff fails to properly plead the member's citizenship, it also fails to properly plead Medicab Transportation's citizenship.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
1. The Amended Complaint (Doc. 6) is DISMISSED without prejudice.
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2. On or before May 27, 2024, Plaintiff must file a second-amended complaint consistent with this order. Failure to comply could result in dismissal without further notice.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on May 21, 2024.
Sher Poster Rappell
SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Copies: All Parties of Record
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- Univ. OF S. Ala. v. THE Am. Tobacco Co., 168 F.3d 405 (11th Cir. 1999)
- Rolling Greens MHP, L.P. v. Comcast SCH Holdings L.L.C., 374 F.3d 1020 (11th Cir. 2004)
- McCORMICK v. Aderholt, 293 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2002)
- Tina arie Travaglio v. Am. Express Co., 735 F.3d 1266 (11th Cir. 2013)