UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION

DAUNTÉ PETERSEN,

Plaintiff,

v. Case No. 3:24-cv-1252-MMH-PDB

FRANCES ANN DOCTOR,

Defendant.

ORDER THIS CAUSE is before the Court sua sponte. Plaintiff, Daunté Petersen, proceeding pro se, initiated this action on November 8, 2024, by filing a Petition in the Circuit Court of Duval County, Florida. See Petition (Doc. 6; Complaint). Though the Complaint was difficult to understand, Petersen appeared to bring both state law and federal claims against Defendant, Frances Ann Doctor. See id. Doctor timely removed the action to this Court. See Defendant Frances Ann Doctor’s Notice of and Petition for Removal (Doc. 1; Notice), filed on December 2, 2024; see also

. In the Notice, Doctor contends the Court has original jurisdiction over this action under

, which grants district courts original jurisdiction over actions arising under federal law. On December 26, 2024, Petersen filed an amended complaint as a matter of right. See Amended Complaint for Restitution and Damages (Doc. 12; Amended Complaint); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). In the Amended Complaint,

Petersen brings only state law claims. Amended Complaint at 3–4. He no longer asserts any violations of federal law, and nothing in the Amended Complaint or Notice suggests that the parties are of diverse citizenship. See

; see generally Notice.1 In light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Royal Canin U. S.

A., Inc., v. Wullschleger, No. 23-677,

, at *3 (U.S. Jan. 15, 2025) (to be published) (holding that when an action is removed to federal court on federal-question jurisdiction and the court exercises supplemental jurisdiction over related state law claims, the court must remand the action if a subsequent

amendment to the complaint drops all federal claims), this Court no longer has the authority to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Petersen’s state law claims. Given the record before the Court, this action is due to be remanded.

1 In the Amended Complaint, Petersen identifies only the residence of the parties, which alone is not determinative of citizenship. But Doctor failed to invoke the Court’s diversity jurisdiction and provides no basis for the Court to exercise diversity jurisdiction. Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to remand this case to the Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, in and for Duval County, Florida, and to transmit a certified copy of this Order to the clerk of that Court. 2. The Clerk of the Court is further directed to close the file and terminate any remaining motions and deadlines as moot. DONE AND ORDERED in Jacksonville, Florida, this 22nd day of January, 2025.

United States District Judge

1c33 Copies to: Pro Se Party Counsel of Record Clerk, Fourth Judicial Circuit

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