Alchemy Management Partners, LLC v. N-Touch Strategies, LLC

Background

Alchemy Management Partners, LLC filed a complaint on April 7, 2025, and filed an amended complaint later that day. The amended complaint named N-Touch Strategies, LLC and Natasha Williams as defendants. It asserted that federal subject-matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 was proper because it identified Alchemy’s principal place of business as New York, N-Touch Strategies’ principal place of business as Connecticut, and Williams’s domicile as Connecticut.

Jurisdictional pleading issue

The court explained that, for diversity jurisdiction, an LLC’s citizenship is determined by the citizenship of each of its members. An LLC’s principal place of business does not determine its citizenship for that purpose. The amended complaint did not identify the citizenship of the members of the relevant LLCs.

Ruling

The court granted Alchemy leave to file a second amended complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2). The second amended complaint must identify the citizenship of each LLC’s members and must be filed no later than April 15, 2025. The order addressed the jurisdictional allegations and did not decide the merits of the parties’ underlying claims.

Classification

This is a procedural order because the court addressed whether the complaint adequately alleged federal subject-matter jurisdiction rather than deciding the underlying dispute.