Permanent Resident Alien and Diversity Jursidiction Forum

[kykiske]

How does the law treat permanent residents with green cards?

For example, let's say;

PRA, domiciled in NY v. PRA, domiciled in CA

Would there be diversity jurisdiction that would allow a federal court to hear the case? If the law treats PRA as a state citizen, then yes, there would be jurisdiction. But if the PRA is not a citizen, then no, there would not be jurisdiction.

Conceptually, citizenship defined by the Constitution is either 1) natural born, 2) naturalized. So, being a PRA meets neither requirement.

But, has there been some court case that holds that a PRA is considered a state citizen for diversity jurisdiction purposes, when the suit is between two PRAs?

§1332 does not explicitly deal when the suit is between two non-citizens.

Thank you to all.

[Kage3212]

I came across this article: http://www.trialnote.com/evidence-proce ... ent-aliens. Probably worth a read.

The article indicates that the answer to your question lies within the Federal Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act which was implemented in 2011. I am too lazy to read the act to determine the answer.