ALPS Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Dougherty & Holloway, LLC

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

ALPS Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Dougherty & Holloway, LLC

Trial Court Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge Raymond P. Moore

Civil Action No. 19-cv-01017-RM-STV

ALPS PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

DOUGHERTY & HOLLOWAY, LLC, and JOSUE D. HERNANDEZ,

Defendants. ______________________________________________________________________________

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ______________________________________________________________________________

This matter is before the Court sua sponte upon consideration of the operative complaint (ECF No. 18) alleging diversity jurisdiction under

28 U.S.C. § 1332

(a)(1), which requires complete diversity of citizenship between the parties. Here, to show diversity, Plaintiff alleges the following: 1. ALPS is an insurance company and corporation organized under the laws of the State of Montana with its principal place of business in the State of Montana. …

2. Dougherty & Holloway is a Missouri Limited Liability Company with its principal place of business located in Kansas City, Missouri.

3. Hernandez is an attorney with a license to practice law in the State of Colorado and a resident and citizen of the State of Colorado.

(First Amended Complaint, ¶¶ 1-3.)1 Such allegations, however, are insufficient to show diversity jurisdiction exists.

1 The allegations in Plaintiff’s original complaint regarding jurisdiction are the same. (ECF No. 1, ¶¶ 1-3.) Specifically, Defendant Dougherty & Holloway, LLC 1s a limited liability company and “an LLC, as an unincorporated association, takes the citizenship of all its members.” Si/oam Springs Hotel, L.L.C. v. Century Sur. Co.,

781 F.3d 1233, 1234

(10th Cir. 2015) (citations omitted). Here, Plaintiff fails to allege the identity and citizenship of Defendant Dougherty & Holloway, LLC’s members. As such, diversity jurisdiction has not been shown. Based on the foregoing, it is ORDERED that on or before Friday, August 9, 2019, Plaintiff shall SHOW CAUSE why this case should not be dismissed due to this Court’s lack of subject matter jurisdiction. DATED this 2nd day of August, 2019. BY THE COURT: \

United States District Judge

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