SFMB Management, LLC v. Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK wee KX SFMB MANAGEMENT, LLC, : Plaintiff, : : 21-CV-5041 (JMF) -V- : : ORDER STARR SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, _ : Defendant. : wee KX JESSE M. FURMAN, United States District Judge: On June 8, 2019, this action was removed from the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, by Defendant Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Company. See ECF No. 1 (“Notice of Removal”). Defendant asserts that jurisdiction in this Court is proper by reason of diversity of citizenship, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and that Plaintiff is a limited liability company (“LLC”) with its principal place of business in Florida. See id. Jj 13-14.

It is well established that an LLC is deemed to be a citizen of each state of which its members are citizens. See, e.g., Handelsman v. Bedford Vill. Assocs. L.P., 213 F.3d 48, 51-52 (2d Cir. 2000). Defendant asserts that the partners and/or members of Plaintiff are unknown to Defendant. See Notice of Removal ¥ 15. Accordingly, as required by S.D.N.Y. Local Rule 81.1, Plaintiff shall file a statement addressing its members’ citizenship within twenty-one days of removal.

Within two business days of the date of this Order, Defendant is directed to serve on Plaintiff a copy of this Order and to file proof of such service on the docket.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 9, 2021 New York, New York ESSE RMAN nited States District Judge