Maki v. KELLER INDUSTRIES, INC.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

Keller Industries, Inc. (“Keller”) has filed its Notice of Removal (the “Notice”) to this District Court of an action originally brought in the Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois by Jeffrey Maki (“Maki”) and Keith Volsted (“Volsted”). Based on its customary initial review of the Notice and the underlying Maki-Volsted Complaint at Law (the “Complaint”), 1 this Court sua sponte remands this action to the state court.

Keller seeks to invoke federal jurisdiction on diversity-of-citizenship grounds conforming to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). 2 But there…