UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA . ORLANDO DIVISION KEITH ABLOW CREATIVE, INC., Plaintiff,

v. ‘Case No: 6:19-cv-1947-Orl-28LRH DOCSCONNECT LLC,

Defendant.

ORDER

_ This case is before the Court on review of Defendant's Notice of Removal (Doc. 1)

. Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. “[Blecause a federal court i powerless to act beyond its statutory grant of subject matter jurisdiction, a court mus zealously insure that jurisdiction exists over a case, and should itself raise the question □ subject matter jurisdiction at any point in the litigation where a doubt about jurisdictior arises." Smith v. GTE Corp.,

, 1299 (11th Cir. 2001). Plaintiff, Keith Ablow Creative, Inc., filed this case in state court and Defendant DOCSCONNECT LLC, removed it to this Court on October 11, 2019. Defendant invoke: this Court's diversity jurisdiction under

. However, Defendant has no alleged facts establishing diversity of citizenship. Thus, this Court cannot determine whether it has subject-matter jurisdiction over this case. “The citizenship of an incorporated business entity turns on the entity's State o incorporation and the State where it has its principal place of business.” Everest Nat'l Ins Co. v. Amateur Athletic Union, No. 6:17-cv-551-Orl-37GJK,

at *2 n.6 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 1, 2017) (emphasis in original) (citing

(c)(1)). Ir

Defendant's Notice of Removal, Defendant alleges merely that “Plaintiff is a Massachusett corporation.” (Doc. 1 at 2). Plaintiff's principal place of business is not stated in eithe Defendant's Notice of Removal or the Complaint. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that no later than Friday, November 1, □□□□ Defendant shall file an amended notice of removal that properly establishes the ground for the Court's exercise of subject-matter jurisdiction over this case. DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida, on Oclober Z / , 2019. \ / / JOHN ANTOON II (United States District Judge Copies furnished to: Counsel of Record Unrepresented Parties