Barbara Schwartz v. SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc.

Case: 13-11830 Date Filed: 02/05/2014 Page: 1 of 2 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 13-11830 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 9:12-cv-81080-KLR BARBARA SCHWARTZ, an individual, CAROLE NEITLICH, an individual, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs - Appellants, versus SCI FUNERAL SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC., a Florida Corporation, Defendant - Third Party Plaintiff - Appellee, RUSTY SCOTT, an individual, Defendant - Appellee, Case: 13-11830 Date Filed: 02/05/2014 Page: 2 of 2 HAUCK ENTERPRISES, LTD., a Texas Corporation, Third Party Defendant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ________________________ (February 5, 2014) Before TJOFLAT, WILSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: The District Court grounded its subject matter jurisdiction in this class action under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), rejecting plaintiffs’ motion to remand the case on the “grounds argument that diversity jurisdiction is absent and that SCI lacked the authority to remove.” Order dated November 8, 2012. The court thereafter granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaint on the ground that the named plaintiffs lacked standing to sue. Order dated March 25, 2013. Plaintiffs now appeal, renewing the arguments they made in support of their motion to remand and in favor of standing. We find no merit in these arguments for the reasons the District Court gave in rejecting them. AFFIRMED. 2