Keller v. Honeywell Protective Services

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BATTISTI, District Judge.

Before the merits of this removed diversity case can be addressed, this Court must examine the basis for subject matter jurisdiction. 1 See Gross v. Hougland, 712 F.2d 1034, 1036 (6th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1025, 104 S.Ct. 1281, 79 L.Ed.2d 684 (1984) (A federal court “must satisfy itself that it has subject matter jurisdiction over the dispute before it addresses the merits of the claims”); Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(h)(3). Because Defendants have not met their burden of affirmatively and clearly demonstrating that removal is proper, pursuant to 28…