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UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTMIDDLEDISTRICTOFNORTHCAROLINAWINSTON-SALEMDIVISIONSALEMHOMESOFFLORIDA,INC.PLAINTIFFCaseNo.
 
ElectronicallyFiled
v
RES-CARE,INC.DEFENDANT
 
NOTICEOFREMOVALDefendantRes-Care,Inc.( ResCare ),bycounsel,pursuantto28U.S.C.§§1441and1446,herebyremovesthisactionfromtheStateofNorthCarolina,ForsythCountyGeneralCourtofJustice,SuperiorCourtDivision,CivilActionNo.18CVS834,totheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtforMiddleDistrictofNorthCarolina,Winston-SalemDivision,onthefollowinggrounds:StatementoftheCase1.OnoraboutFebruary14,2018,PlaintiffSalemHomesofFlorida,Inc.( SalemFlorida )filedacivilactionintheStateofNorthCarolina,ForsythCountyGeneralCourtofJustice,SuperiorCourtDivision,entitled
SalemHomesofFlorida Inc.
v.
Res Care Inc.
No.18CVS834(the StateCourtAction ).2.ResCarefirstreceivedacopyofSalemFlorida sComplaintonMarch15,2018,whichhadbeenaddressedimproperlytoaformerofficerofResCare.ResCareagreedtoacceptserviceeffectiveMarch26,2018inexchangeforSalemFlorida sagreementtoextendbythirty(30)daysResCare sdeadlinetofilearesponsivepleading.
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3.TheStateCourtActionisacivilactionassertingpurportedcausesofactionforbreachofcontract, accountingofprofitsanduseofassets, andconversion,andseekingbothdamagesanda fullaccountingofallsourcesandusesoffunds. 4.InconnectionwiththeStateCourtAction,SalemFloridafiledaSummonsandComplaint.Acopyofthesedocuments(collectively,the Complaint )areattachedheretoas Exhibit
A.
5.NootherpleadingshavebeenfiledintheStateCourtActionasofthedateofthisNoticeofRemoval,ResCareisnotindefault
 
theStateCourtActionasofthetimeofthefilingofthisNoticeofRemoval,andnoproceedingshavebeenconductedintheStateCourtAction.6.Pursuantto28U.S.C.§1446(b),thisNoticeofRemovalistimely,asitisbeingfiledwithinthirty(30)daysofResCare sreceiptofSalemFlorida sComplaint.
DiversityJurisdictionUnder28
U.S.C.
 
1332 a
7.TheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheMiddleDistrictofNorthCarolinahasjurisdictionoverthiscasepursuantto28U.S.C.§1332(a)(l)byreasonofthecompletediversityofcitizenshipbetweenPlaintiffSalemFloridaandDefendantResCare,asdescribedbelow:a.SalemFlorida sComplaintadmitsthatSalemFloridaisaFloridacorporationwithitsprincipalplaceofbusinessallegedlyinWinston-Salem,NorthCarolina.AssumingthetruthofSalemFlorida sallegations,atthetimeofthefilingoftheComplaintintheStateCourtAction,SalemFloridawasandispresently,acitizenofbothFloridaandNorthCarolina.b.AsSalemFloridahasrecognizedinitsComplaintandotherwise,ResCareisacorporationformedunderthelawsoftheCommonwealthofKentuckywithaprincipalofficelocatedat9901LinnStationRoad,Louisville,Kentucky40223.AtthetimeofthefilingoftheComplaintintheStateCourtActionandpresently,ResCarewas,andis,acitizenoftheCommonwealthofKentucky.
 
AffidavitofKevinG.FisherdatedApril12,2018(the Fisher.Aff., attachedas ExhibitB )at~4.
 
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8.CompletediversitybetweenSalemFloridaandResCareinthisactionexistedbothatthetimeofthefilingoftheComplaintintheStateCourtActionandpresently.9.SalemFlorida'sComplaintdoesnotseekaspecificamountofdamages.Instead,SalemFloridaallegesthatithasbeendamagedbyResCare'sallegedbreachofcontractinanamount expectedtobeinexcessof 20,000.00, andhasbeendamagedseparatelybyResCare'sallegedconversionofassetsbelongingtoSalemFloridainamountalso expectedtobeinexcessof 20,000.00. Complaint~~12,17.10.However,SalemFlorida'spurportedconversionclaimaloneeasilysatisfiesthejurisdictionalthresholdsetforthin28U.S.C.
§
1332(a).Indeed,SalemFloridaallegesinitsComplaintthat [w]hentheManagementAgreementwasterminatedasofDecember31,2017,withoutauthorizationandincontraventionofthetermsoftheManagementAgreement,Res-Careswept
allfundsfromallofSalem saccountsmaintainedbyRes-CarepursuanttotheManagementAgreementandconvertedthefundstoitsownuse
indirectcontraventionoftheWaterfallandthetermsoftheManagementAgreement. Complaint~8(emphasisadded).11.TheBankofAmericacheckingaccountstatementdatedJanuary31,2018fortheaccountmaintainedinSalemFlorida'snamepursuanttotheManagementAgreementreflectsthatasofJanuary1,2018,thebalanceondepositwas 166,872.49.
See
ExhibitAtoFisherAff.Accordingly,assumingthetruthofSalemFlorida'sallegations,theamountincontroversyplainlyexceedsthe 75,000thresholdsetforthby28U.S.C.§1332(a).
See
28U.S.C.
§
1446(c)(2).
 llProceduralRequirementsforRemovalHave eenSatisfied
12.Pursuantto28U.S.C.§1446(a),atrueandcorrectcopyofalloftheprocess,pleadings,orders,anddocumentsfromtheStateCourtActionisbeingfiledwiththisNoticeofRemoval.
 
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