Collins v. Fingerhut Companies, Inc.

ORDER

VOLLMER, District Judge.

Defendant Fingerhut ■ Companies, Inc. removed this action from the Circuit Court of Perry County, Alabama, asserting that the court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331.

As instructed by the United States Supreme Court, “The federal courts are under an independent obligation to examine their own jurisdiction.” United States v. Hays, 515 U.S. 737, 742, 115 S.Ct. 2431, 2435, 132 L.Ed.2d 635, 642 (1995). Accord, Wilson v. Minor, 220 F.3d 1297, 1303 n. 11 (11th Cir.2000) (“Of course, a federal court has an independent obligation to ensure that…