LCE Lux HoldCo S.a.r.l. v. Entretenimiento GM de Mexico S.A. de C.V.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, District Judge:

These motions plumb the interstices between diversity jurisdiction and the joinder rules and could have been lifted from a civil procedure exam. Plaintiffs LCE Lux Hold-Co S.a.r.l. (“LCE Lux”), LCE Mexican Holdings, Inc. (“Mexican Holdings”), and AMC Europe S.A. (“AMC Europe,” collectively with LCE Lux and Mexican Holdings, “Plaintiffs”) move pursuant to Rule 21 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to add LCE Acquisition Sub, Inc. (“Acquisition Sub”) and AMC Entertainment and dismiss LCE Lux and AMC Europe as plaintiffs from this…