Mojela v. Interactive Brokers LLC
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:25-cv-05703
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Mojela v. Interactive Brokers LLC, Judge Caproni ordered an amended complaint identifying the LLC’s members and citizenship to clarify diversity jurisdiction.
Louise Mojela and Interactive Brokers LLC; the order requires Mojela to provide information needed to evaluate the court’s subject-matter jurisdiction.
What happened
In Mojela v. Interactive Brokers LLC, Louise Mojela’s complaint claimed that the federal court had jurisdiction because of the parties’ diversity of citizenship. It described Interactive Brokers LLC as organized under Connecticut law but did not identify the LLC’s members or their citizenship.
The court ordered Mojela to file an amended complaint by July 25, 2025, identifying every member of Interactive Brokers LLC and each member’s citizenship. The court also said she must serve the amended complaint on the defendant if the parties are diverse and the case is not dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Judge Valerie Caproni did not decide the underlying dispute. She issued an order requiring more information about subject-matter jurisdiction before the case could proceed.
The detailed version
- Mojela v. Interactive Brokers LLC · No. 1:25-cv-05703
- Valerie Caproni
- July 15, 2025
Background
Louise Mojela filed a complaint against Interactive Brokers LLC on July 10, 2025. The complaint alleged that the court had jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship, a basis for federal jurisdiction that generally requires the opposing parties to be citizens of different states and the amount-in-controversy requirements to be met.
The complaint described Interactive Brokers LLC as a limited liability company organized under Connecticut law. The court explained that an LLC has the citizenship of each of its members. Because the complaint did not identify Interactive Brokers LLC’s members or their citizenship, the court found that the jurisdictional allegations were incomplete.
Order
The court ordered Mojela to file an amended complaint no later than Friday, July 25, 2025. The amended complaint must allege the identity and citizenship of each member of Interactive Brokers LLC. The court stated that, assuming the parties are diverse and the case is not dismissed for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, Mojela must serve the amended complaint on Interactive Brokers LLC.
Disposition and significance
Judge Valerie Caproni required a corrected jurisdictional filing. The order did not decide the underlying claims, dismiss the case, or determine whether the parties are diverse.
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