28 U.S.C. § 1653

Amendment of pleadings to show jurisdiction

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Defective allegations of jurisdiction may be amended, upon terms, in the trial or appellate courts.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1,379 cases (442 in the last 5 years), 1949–2026 · leading case: Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alfonzo-Larrain
Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alfonzo-Larrain (1989) scotus · cites it 12× “The panel, in an opinion by Judge Easterbrook, relied both on 28 U. S. C. § 1653 and on Rule 21 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as sources of its authority to grant this motion.”
Newgen, LLC v. Safe Cig, LLC (2016) ca9 · cites it 5× “” The district court thus denied the Rule 60(b) motion on condition that NewGen amend its complaint to cure the original, “defective” allegations of jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1653 . When NewGen filed its amended complaint alleging that the parties were of diverse…”
Van Buskirk v. The United Group of Companies (2019) ca2 · cites it 5× “In the alternative, Plaintiffs argue that we should invoke our authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1653 to find complete diversity based on the newly submitted evidence.”
Zamora v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage (2011) nmd · cites it 18× “Lynch, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, has held: Although a removing party may be given leave to cure a defective ground for removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1653 barring a “ ‘total absence of jurisdictional foundations,’” such amendments are in the…”
Victor K. Williams v. Jacob Lew (2016) cadc · cites it 4× “Because Williams fails to allege plausible factual allegations to establish the constitutional minimum requirements for Article III standing, either in the first amended complaint filed with the district court or in his proposed amended complaint filed with this Court under 28…”
Donald L. Snell v. Cleveland, Inc., and Patricia Faber John Does Jane Does (2002) ca9 · cites it 3× “15 and 28 U.S.C § 1653. Beyond such a suggestion, however, the judge overseeing the new insurance lawsuit was not free to challenge the judgment in the closed tort action.”
Sophie Toulon v. Continental Casualty Company (2017) ca7 · cites it 3× “Continental brought the motions to supplement under 28 U.S.C. § 1653 which provides that “[defective allegations of jurisdiction may be amended upon terms, in the trial or appellate courts.”
Suntrust Bank v. Village at Fair Oaks Owner, LLC (2011) vaed · cites it 17× “For the reasons stated herein, the court DENIES both motions and ORDERS that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1653 , plaintiff is granted leave to amend the defective allegations of jurisdiction contained in the complaint within seven (7) days of the date of this Opinion and Order.”
Carol Aurecchione v. Schoolman Transportation System, Inc., Classic Coach and Bill Schoolman, Docket No. 04-0561-Cv (2005) ca2 · cites it 3× “Further, even if Aurecchione’s stated jurisdictional predicate is defective, we believe the authority granted to a district court (or, for that matter, this Court) by 28 U.S.C. § 1653 would allow Aurec-chione to amend her complaint.”
GBForefront LP v. Forefront Management Group LLC (2018) ca3 · cites it 2× “2015) ("A State X plaintiff may therefore survive a facial challenge by alleging that none of the defendant association's members are citizens of State X."). The clear pleading problem here may be amenable to easy solution.”
Kent Stahle v. CTS Corporation (2016) ca4 · cites it 2× “Although perhaps implicit in Stahle’s pleadings, the complaint lacked an explicit technical relational allegation concerning CTS’s ownership of the former CTS of Asheville.”
Getty Oil Corporation, Succeeded by and a Division of Texaco, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North America (1988) ca5 · cites it 3× “In response, NL, INA, and Companies Collective argue that any defects in the original removal petition were cured by supplemental petitions filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1653 , which provides a method for curing defective allegations of jurisdiction.”
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