UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI WESTERN DIVISION

B.C.’S CORNER, LLC PLAINTIFF

V. CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:25-CV-37-DCB-ASH

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY DEFENDANT

ORDER On April 16, 2025, Plaintiff B.C.’s Corner, LLC, filed this lawsuit against Defendant Scottsdale Insurance Company alleging jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship. Compl. [1] ¶ 3. On May 20, 2025, Scottsdale filed an answer [4]. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 and Local Rule 7(c), a nongovernmental corporation must file with its initial pleading a Rule 7.1 disclosure statement. And effective December 1, 2022, every party or intervenor in a case in which jurisdiction is based on diversity must file a disclosure statement in accordance with Rule 7.1(a)(2). That disclosure statement must name—and identify the citizenship of—every individual or entity whose citizenship is attributed to that party or intervenor:

(A) when the action is filed or removed to federal court, and

(B) when any later event occurs that could affect the court’s jurisdiction under § 1332(a).

Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(2) (emphasis added); see MidCap Media Fin., L.L.C. v. Pathway Data, Inc.,

(5th Cir. 2019) (“‘[A]llegations regarding the citizenship of a corporation must set out the principal place of business of the corporation as well as the state of its incorporation,’ . . . [and] a party ‘must specifically allege the citizenship of every member of every LLC.’” (first quoting Neeley v. Banker Tr. Co. of Tex.,

, 634 n.18 (5th Cir. 1985), then quoting Settlement Funding, L.L.C. v. Rapid Settlements, Ltd.,

(5th Cir. 2017))). In this case, neither B.C.’s Corner nor Scottsdale has filed a Rule 7.1 disclosure statement. The Court therefore orders both parties to each file a complete Rule 7.1 disclosure statement within 7 days of this Order.

SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED this the 21st day of May, 2025.

s/ Andrew S. Harris UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE