Opinion
CASE NO. 6:19-CV-01027
03-23-2021
J. CORY CORDOVA v. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER ET AL.
JUDGE JAMES D. CAIN, JR.
MAGISTRATE JUDGE PATRICK J. HANNA
JUDGMENT
Before the court is a Report and Recommendation [doc. 125] of the Magistrate Judge, recommending that plaintiff's Motion to Remand [doc. 90] and Amended Motion to Remand [doc. 109] be granted. The court has conducted an independent review of the record, as well as the objections and responses filed by the parties, and finds that the Report and Recommendation is correct under applicable law. The undersigned agrees that, in light of the resolution of the claims arising under federal law, the court should decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the remaining claims arising under state law between plaintiff and defendants the Gachassin Law Firm and Christopher C. Johnston. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation [doc. 125] be ADOPTED and that the Motion to Remand and Amended Motion to Remand [docs. 90, 109] be GRANTED, resulting in the remand of plaintiff's claims against the Gachassin Law Firm and Christopher C. Johnson to the 15th Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. As noted in the Report and Recommendation, the remaining claims in this matter have been resolved through prior dispositive motions and the court hereby GRANTS the Motion for Entry of Judgment under Rule 54(b) [doc. 83] as to its rulings on those claims.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Chambers on this 23rd day of March, 2021.
/s/ _________
JAMES D. CAIN, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE