UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------- X : GAUGE BY DESIGN, LTD., : : ORDER DISMISSING Plaintiff, : COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF -against- : JURISDICTION : COLDWATER DIRECT LLC, : 20 Civ. 6230 (AKH) : Defendant. : : -------------------------------------------------------------- X ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, U.S.D.J.: Plaintiff Gauge By Design, Ltd., a corporation incorporated in and with its principal place of business in New York, sues Defendant Coldwater Direct LLC. The alleged jurisdictional basis is diversity of citizenship, pursuant to

. For diversity purposes, a limited liability company is deemed to be a citizen of all the states in which its members are citizens. See Handelsman v. Bedford Vill. Assocs. Ltd. P’ship,

, 51052 (2d Cir. 2000) (citing Carden v. Arkoma Assocs.,

, 195- 96 (1990)); see also Americold Realty Tr. v. Conagra Foods, Inc.,

(2016) (“While humans and corporations can assert their own citizenship, other entities take the citizenship of their members.”). Plaintiff has failed to identify the Defendant limited liability company’s members and to allege their citizenship. The complaint is dismissed, with leave to replead an adequate basis of complete diversity of citizenship no later than 30 days from this order. SO ORDERED. Dated: August 12, 2020 /s/ Alvin K. Hellerstein New York, New York ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN United States District Judge