Patterson v. Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION ARELIA C. PATTERSON, etc., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) CIVIL ACTION 20-0590-WS-M ) FRESENIUS KIDNEY CARE USA ) MIDTOWN, etc., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER This recently removed case is before the Court on its sua sponte review of its subject matter jurisdiction. “Courts have an independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists, even when no party challenges it.” Hertz Corp. v. Friend,

559 U.S. 77, 94

(2010). Because, “once a federal court determines that it is without subject…