Brian Gant v. Andrew Dale Laske, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION BRIAN GANT, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 4:25-cv-1811-MTS ) ANDREW DALE LASKE, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on review of the file, during which the Court identified an issue with its subject-matter jurisdiction. See Hertz Corp. v. Friend,

559 U.S. 77, 94

(2010) (“Courts have an independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists, even when no party challenges it.”). Defendants removed this action from the Circuit Court of the City of St.…