Marlon Abraham Rosasen v. Kingdom of Norway

I. INTRODUCTION

On December 20, 2021, plaintiff Marlon Abraham Rosasen filed a Motion for Default (docket no. 25), which the court considers in a separate order. In the process of determining whether plaintiff properly served defendants, however, the court identified several potential issues with jurisdiction. Accordingly, for the reasons explained below, the court orders plaintiff to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

II. BACKGROUND

On August 24, 2021, plaintiff filed a Complaint alleging that the Kingdom of Norway and several of its departments and instrumentalities conspired to abduct his children and remove them to Norway. See generally Compl. Plaintiff alleges that defendants took his children even though he shares custody with their mother. See id. ¶ 11. The following background is taken from plaintiff’s Complaint, which is unclear at times. Plaintiff’s twin children, D.T.R. and L.A.R., were born in the United States in 2015, but it appears the family relocated to Norway at some point after their birth. Id. ¶¶ 41-43. In June of 2019, plaintiff found out that his former psychologist sent a “concern” to Norway’s Child…