Pagan-Ortiz v. Carlo-Dominguez

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GUSTAVO A. GELPÍ, District Judge.

After the parties filed a motion for summary judgment and a response in opposition, the court learned of a question over whether complete diversity exists. Diver*107sity must be complete. See 28 U.S.C. § 1832(a); see generally Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 7 U.S. 267, 3 Cranch 267, 2 L.Ed. 435 (1806). Plaintiff is a Floridian, while all Defendants are Puerto Rican. However, other members of Plaintiffs family are Puerto Rican citizens currently pursuing the same claims against Defendants in Puerto Rico court. (See Docket No. 158.)

Defendants include as…