Meier v. Premier Wine & Spirits, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff Hebert Meier (“Meier”) originally filed the instant lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court, County of Nassau. It was soon thereafter removed to this court by defendants Premier Wine & Spirits, Inc. (“Premier”), John Casano, Daniel Lorusso, David Taub, and Mare Taub. None of the plaintiffs claims assert a cause of action arising under federal law, and the parties are not citizens of diverse states. The defendants purported to remove the case not because there was federal jurisdiction over the causes of action themselves,…