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GOLD v. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO.

Docket No. 12-2344-cv.

730 F.3d 137 (2013)

Avraham GOLD, Individually, on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation; New York Life Insurance Company of Arizona; John Does 1 through 50, said names being fictitious individuals; ABC Corporations 1 through 50, said names being fictitious companies, partnerships, joint ventures and/or corporations; and New York Life Securities, LLC f/k/a New York Life Securities, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 18, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Halebian , Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson LLP, New York, NY ( Adam C. Mayes , on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard G. Rosenblatt , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Princeton, NJ ( Sean P. Lynch , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Princeton, NJ; Michael L. Banks , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Richard G. Rosenblatt , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Princeton, NJ ( Sean P. Lynch , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Princeton, NJ; Michael L. Banks , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: B.D. PARKER, LOHIER, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Avraham Gold appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Pauley, J.) dismissing his complaint based on the so-called "home state exception" to federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA"), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(d), 1453, 1711-15. The home state exception requires district courts to "decline to exercise" jurisdiction over...

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