| Venue: | SDNY |
| Facts: | Redner is a US citizen living in France. He is suing two NY residents, and wants to be in federal court on diversity grounds. Not obvious what the suit is about. |
| Posture: | Motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction |
| Issue: | Is there diversity here? |
| Holding: | No. Dismissed. |
| Rule: | You have to either be a citizen of the foreign country for jurisdiction under § 1332(a)(2) or you have do be a resident of s different state for (a)(1). |
| Reasoning: | He's a US citizen, so (a)(2) is out. But he doesn't establish that he is domiciled anywhere in the US. |
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