National Fitness Holdings, Inc. v. Grand View Corporate Centre, LLC

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

In June 2012, the United States District Court for the District of Utah dismissed the claims of J. Hoyt Stephenson — a man the district found to be a Utah citizen — for lack of diversity jurisdiction. Less than three months later, Stephenson assigned his interests in various stock and real property to a new company of his creation, National Fitness Holdings, Inc. — a Wyoming corporation of which Stephenson is the sole director, officer, and shareholder. Only four days later, National Fitness sued Grand View Corporate Centre, LLC — a Utah company — in a familiar forum:…