Lentin

Proceedings: IN CHAMBERS — COURT ORDER

The Court is in receipt of defendant Judith Lentin’s (“Defendant”) Declaration in response to the Court’s April 2, 2007 Order to Show Cause (the “OSC”) regard ing Defendant’s citizenship and domicile. The Court issued the OSC based on plaintiff Turan Petroleum Inc.’s (“Plaintiff’) statement in its Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Stay or Dismiss that it believed Defendant to be “a U.S. citizen currently residing in Canada.” Defendant’s declaration confirms that she is a citizen of the United States who resides abroad in Calgary, Canada. Defendant moved to Canada in 1973 and has lived and worked there ever since. Defendant represents that she intends to “reside in Canada for the rest of [her] life” and she “regards [herself] as a permanent resident of Canada.” (Lentin Decl. ¶ 7.)

In its Complaint, Plaintiff alleges subject matter jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship. (Comply 1.). Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, having subject matter jurisdiction only over matters authorized by the Constitution and Congress. See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., 511 U.S. 375, 377 , 114 S.Ct. 1673 , 128 L.Ed.2d 391 (1994);…