Ghorab v. P

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAKE CHARLES DIVISION KHALED GHORAB CASE NO. 2:19-CV-00718 VERSUS JUDGE JAMES D. CAIN, JR. DONNIE P MAGISTRATE JUDGE KAY MEMORANDUM RULING The above captioned matter involves only claims based on Louisiana law but includes a nondiverse defendant. I. LAW & ANALYSIS “[C]ourts . . . have an independent obligation to determine whether subject-matter jurisdiction exists, even in the absence of a challenge from any party.” E.g., Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp.,

546 U.S. 500, 514

(2006). “Without jurisdiction the court cannot proceed at all in any cause.…