Filed: Nov. 27, 2019
Latest Update: Nov. 27, 2019
Summary: ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND NOTICE OF REMOVAL M. JAMES LORENZ , District Judge . Defendants Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., CooperSurgical, Inc. and The Cooper Companies, Inc. removed this personal injury action from State court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1332 and 1441. The action was remanded for failure to sufficiently allege diversity jurisdiction based on fraudulent joinder. ( See doc. no. 6.) Pending before the Court is Defendants' motion for leave to amend notic
Summary: ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND NOTICE OF REMOVAL M. JAMES LORENZ , District Judge . Defendants Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., CooperSurgical, Inc. and The Cooper Companies, Inc. removed this personal injury action from State court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1332 and 1441. The action was remanded for failure to sufficiently allege diversity jurisdiction based on fraudulent joinder. ( See doc. no. 6.) Pending before the Court is Defendants' motion for leave to amend notice..
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ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND NOTICE OF REMOVAL
M. JAMES LORENZ, District Judge.
Defendants Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., CooperSurgical, Inc. and The Cooper Companies, Inc. removed this personal injury action from State court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§1332 and 1441. The action was remanded for failure to sufficiently allege diversity jurisdiction based on fraudulent joinder. (See doc. no. 6.) Pending before the Court is Defendants' motion for leave to amend notice of removal to allege additional facts in support of fraudulent joinder. (Doc. no. 7.) Plaintiff filed an opposition and Defendants replied.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1653, Defendants' motion is granted. See Willingham v. Morgan, 395 U.S. 402, 407 n.3 (1969); Cohn v. Petsmart, 281 F.3d 837, 840 n.1 (9th Cir. 2002); Rockwell Int'l Credit Corp. v. U.S. Aircraft Ins. Group, 823 F.2d 302, 304 (9th Cir. 1987). Seedman v. U.S. Dist. Ct. (Empire of Am.), 837 F.2d 413, 414 (9th Cir. 1988), upon which Plaintiff relies, is distinguishable, because it addresses successive notices of removal rather than amendment under 28 U.S.C. §1653 to amend defective allegations of jurisdiction.
Accordingly, no later than December 6, 2019, Defendants shall file their amended notice of removal, if any. The Court expresses no opinion regarding the sufficiency of the proposed amended notice of removal filed with Defendants' motion. (Doc. no. 7 at 11.)1
IT IS SO ORDERED.