PRE-2024 COMMITTEE NOTE
The Committee recommends the deletion of Local Civil Rule 81.1(b), because 28 U.S.C. §
1446(a) already provides that the removing party or parties shall file with the notice of
removal “a copy of all process, pleadings, and orders served upon such defendant or
defendants in such action.” The Committee recommends that Local Civil Rule 81.1(a) be
reworded, in the same manner as Local Civil Rule 26.1, to describe with greater
specificity the information needed to assess the presence of diversity jurisdiction.
2024 COMMITTEE NOTE
Because the removing party must have a good-faith basis for asserting diversity
jurisdiction at the time of removal, the Committee deletes language suggesting that a
party may rely on post-removal discovery to establish such jurisdiction.
Joint Local Rules, S.D.N.Y. and E.D.N.Y.
Effective January 2, 2026
