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Laborers Vacation Trust for S. Of Conn., Inc., 287 F.3d 110, 121 (2d Cir. 2002) (holding that state, as non-enumerated party, lacked standing to bring ERISA suit). Local 389 currently has 7,000 members as it continues to grow and organize the nonunion home care service sector.
Plaintiffs are reminded that while an amended complaint can address "defective allegations of jurisdiction," 28 U.S.C. § 1653, it cannot fix "defects in the jurisdictional facts themselves," Newman-Green Inc. v. Alfonzo-Larrain, 490 U.S. 826, 832 . The general rule remains that a plaintiff cannol "amend its complaint to substitute a new cause or action over which there is subject-matter jurisdiction for one in which there is not." Advani Enter., Inc. v. Underwriters at Lloyds, 140 F.3d 157, 161 (2d Cir. 1998) (citing Pressroom Unions, 700 F.2d at 893). No evidence in the record contradicts Defendants' averment that Civiletis International is a sole proprietorship whose proprietor is Okpaku. As such, its citizenship for diversity purposes is the same as that of Okpaku.
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Accordingly, the Court dismisses the ERISA claims against Strayhorn for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. The Complaint further asserts diversity jurisdiction based on allegations that Strayhorn, Duncan, and Okpaku "are citizens of the state of New Jersey and/or a foreign state,"6 and that "the Plaintiff Funds are located in and have their principal places of business in the State of New York[.]" (Compl. ¶ 3). Accordingly, the Court reads the Complaint to identify only the Funds as the plaintiffs in this action, and examines the asserted subject-matter jurisdiction on that basis. ERISA "comprehensively regulates employee welfare benefit plans that, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, provide medical, surgical, or hospital care, or benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability or death." Arnold v. Lucks, 392 F.3d 512, 514 n.1 (2d Cir. 2004). ERISA applies to any "employee welfare benefit plan" as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002, with certain exceptions, defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1003. The Court must "satisfy itself that ERISA applies to the at-issue benefits plan in such a case" when determining whether it has jurisdiction.
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If it is your nonprofit, add geographic service areas to create a map on your profile. The Court notes that "Congress directed that union welfare funds be established as written formal trusts." N.L.R.B. v. Amax Coal Co., 453 U.S. 322, 329 ; see 29 U.S.C. § 186; see also Lenon v. St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co., 136 F.3d 1365, 1370 (10th Cir. 1998) . "ERISA carefully enumerates the parties entitled to seek relief under [§ 1132]," Franchise Tax Bd. Of State of Cal. v. Constr.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 requires that "f the court determines at any time that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, the court must dismiss the action." For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs' Complaint is dismissed without prejudice. Plaintiffs have thirty days from entry of this order to file an amended complaint. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the motion at docket number 16. "It is well settled that the essential elements of diversity jurisdiction must be affirmatively alleged in the pleadings." Hodas v. Lindsay, 431 F.Supp.
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Diversity jurisdiction requires that "all adverse parties to a litigation are completely diverse in their citizenships." Herrick Co. v. SCS Commc'n., Inc., 251 F.3d 315, 322 (2d Cir. 2001). " plaintiff premising federal jurisdiction on diversity of citizenship is required to include in its complaint adequate allegations to show that the district court has subject matter jurisdiction." Durant, Nichols, Houston, Hodgson & Cortese-Costa P.C. V. Dupont, 565 F.3d 56, 64 (2d Cir. 2009). That party has "the burden of persuasion in establishing specific initial domiciles that support the existence of diversity jurisdiction." Herrick, 251 F.3d at 324. If the record as a whole demonstrates diversity of citizenship, however, an action need not be dismissed because the complaint alone fails to properly allege diversity.
The federal courts are of limited subject-matter jurisdiction, see Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Servs., Inc., 545 U.S. 546, 552 , and "here are no presumptions in favor of the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States." Ex parte Smith, 94 U.S. 455, 456 . Rather, " plaintiff asserting subject matter jurisdiction has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that it exists." Makarova v. United States, 201 F.3d 110, 113 (2d Cir. 2000). While "all material factual allegations in the complaint" must be accepted as true, Shipping Fin.
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Corp. v. Drakos, 140 F.3d 129, 131 (2d Cir. 1998) , "urisdiction must be shown affirmatively, and that showing is not made by drawing from the pleadings inferences favorable to the party asserting it." APWU v. Potter, 343 F.3d 619, 623 (2d Cir. 2003) . In deciding a 12 motion, the Court "may consider materials extrinsic to the complaint." Phifer v. City of New York, 289 F.3d 49, 55 (2d Cir. 2002). "A case is properly dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Rule 12 when the court lacks the statutory or constitutional power to adjudicate the case." Nowak v. Ironworkers Local 6 Pension Fund, 81 F.3d 1182, 1187 (2d Cir. 1986). In addition, "ederal courts have an independent obligation to raise and decide jurisdictional questions that the parties either overlook or elect not to press." MLC Fishing, Inc. v. Velez, 667 F.3d 140, 143 (2d Cir. 2011) .
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Id. at 894; see e.g., Coan v. Kaufman, 457 F.3d 250, 258 (2d Cir. 2006) ; Eastern States, 11 F. 2d at 401 (refusing to find subjectmatter jurisdiction in suit by ERISA plans by "look beyond the nominal plaintiffs" to plan trustees as the real plaintiffs). Reflects complaints, answers, motions, orders and trial notes entered from Jan. 1, 2011. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that "he court should freely give leave when justice so requires." Fed. Indeed, "f the underlying facts or circumstances relied on by plaintiff may be a proper subject of relief, he ought to be afforded an opportunity to test his claim on the merits." Williams v. Citigroup, Inc., 659 F.3d 208, 213 (2d Cir. 2011) (quoting Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 ). It remains, however, a matter of the district court's discretion whether to deny leave to amend.
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637, 640 (S.D.N.Y. 1977) (citing Hodgson v. Bowerbank, 9 U.S. 303 ). Absent allegations as to the entity status and citizenship of the Funds, or their occasionally alluded-to "trustees," the Court cannot determine whether it has diversity jurisdiction over the state law fraud claim. Accordingly, the Court dismisses this claim against all Defendants for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. While the current record before the Court is insufficient, Plaintiffs are hereby permitted to amend their Complaint to properly demonstrate this Court's subject-matter jurisdiction.
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