SOSV, IV, LLC v. Hottab Pte. Ltd.

District Court, S.D. New York

SOSV, IV, LLC v. Hottab Pte. Ltd.

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT USDC SDNY SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOCUMENT SOSV IV, LLC, ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: Plaintiff, DATE FILED: _11/1/2021__ vs. HOTTAB PTE. LTD, HOTTAB 21 Civ. 8808 (AT) HOLDINGS LIMITED, SOCIETY PASS ORDER INCORPORATED and SANJEEV SAPKOTA, Defendants. ANALISA TORRES, District Judge Plaintiff, SOSV IV, LLC, brings this action invoking subject matter jurisdiction by reason of diversity of citizenship,

28 U.S.C. § 1332

. Compl. 7 7, ECF No. 2. If SOSV IV, LLC, is a limited liability company, as its name would imply, then the complaint must allege the citizenship of each of its general and limited partners for the purposes of diversity jurisdiction. Sunilarly, if Hottab Pte. Ltd. and Hottab Holdings Limited are limited liability companies, as their names would suggest, the complaint must also allege the citizenship of each of their general and limited partners. By November 8, 2021, Plaintiff shall amend its pleading to allege the citizenship of each of the general and limited partners of any limited lability or limited partner companies named as patties. See Handelsman v. Bedford Vill. Assocs. Ltd. P’ship,

213 F.3d 48

, 51-53 (2d Cir. 2000); Monitronics Funding LP v. Pirmacle Sec., LLC, No. 12 Civ. 1992,

2012 WL 967623

at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 21, 2012) (“A limited liability partnership has the citizenship of each of its general and limited partners for the purposes of diversity jurisdiction.”). If Plaintiff fails to amend by the foregoing date to truthfully allege complete diversity based upon the citizenship of each general and limited partner of each party to this action, then the complaint will be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. SO ORDERED. Dated: November 1, 2021 New York, New York

ANALISA TORRES United States District Judge

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