Controlled Environment Systems v. Sun Process Co., Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

Controlled Environment, Ltd. (“Controlled”) has just filed a three-count multide-fendant Complaint, invoking federal jurisdiction on diversity of citizenship grounds and seeking (1) to foreclose a state law mechanic’s lien (see 770 ILCS 60/1 to 60/39), (2) to collect money damages in the same amount as the asserted lien and (3) to recover that same amount on a quantum .meruit basis. Because the required initial scrutiny of the Complaint discloses the absence of subject matter jurisdiction, 1 this Court sua sponte dismisses both the…