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221478P.pdf 04/04/2023 Eric Sorenson v. Joanne Sorenson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-1478
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Melloy and Kobes, Circuit Judges]
Civil case. Civil Procedure. The deceased's third son was not a required
party in this action by his siblings against their step-mother concerning
the closing of certain CDs; as a result, the district court did not commit
plain error in deciding it had diversity jurisdiction without considering
28 U.S.C. Sec. 1359 sua sponte; the district court did not err in
determining that the claims in plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint were
claims that belonged to decedent for actions taken before his death and to
his estate for actions taken after his death; as a result, the complaint
was properly dismissed for failure to state plausible claims of fraudulent
misrepresentation and civil theft; the court did not abuse its discretion
in denying the First Amended Complaint with prejudice.