4533 Third Ave LLC v. United States Liability Insurance Company
- Rochon
- 1:25-cv-03823
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
In 4533 Third Ave LLC v. United States Liability Insurance Company, Judge Rochon ordered a response by June 8 to USLI’s motion for jurisdictional discovery.
4533 Third Ave LLC was directed to respond by June 8, 2025, to United States Liability Insurance Company’s request for limited jurisdictional discovery concerning the citizenship of trusts and LLC members. The provided text does not show a ruling granting or denying that request.
What happened
In 4533 Third Ave LLC v. United States Liability Insurance Company, United States Liability Insurance Company asked for limited discovery from 4533 Third Ave LLC about the citizenship of trusts and LLC members. USLI said the information was needed to address whether the parties are citizens of different states for federal jurisdiction.
USLI requested permission to use document requests and written questions because it said the needed information was in 4533 Third Ave LLC’s possession and that the plaintiff’s lawyer had not answered its requests for the information. USLI said the information submitted so far indicated that complete diversity existed and that the additional information was expected to confirm it.
Judge Rochon did not decide the discovery request in the text provided. Instead, the court ordered 4533 Third Ave LLC to submit any response to the motion by June 8, 2025.
The detailed version
- 4533 Third Ave LLC v. United States Liability Insurance Company · No. 1:25-cv-03823
- Rochon
- June 5, 2025
What the court ordered
The court directed 4533 Third Ave LLC to submit a response, if any, by June 8, 2025, to United States Liability Insurance Company’s motion for jurisdictional discovery. The text provided does not state that the court granted or denied that motion.
USLI’s request
USLI asked to conduct limited jurisdictional discovery through document requests and interrogatories. It sought information about whether certain trusts were traditional or nontraditional, the citizenship of their trustees or members, and the citizenship of individual limited liability company members. USLI said this information was in 4533 Third Ave LLC’s possession and that the plaintiff’s counsel had not responded to USLI’s requests for it.
USLI represented that the information submitted to the court so far indicated that complete diversity existed between the parties and that the additional information was expected to confirm this. Complete diversity generally refers to the requirement that opposing parties be citizens of different states, but the text provided does not make a final determination on that issue.
Disposition and effect
The court’s action in the provided text is an order setting a response deadline, not a final ruling on jurisdictional discovery or federal jurisdiction. The deadline applied to 4533 Third Ave LLC; USLI’s request for discovery remained unresolved in the text provided.
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