Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO.: 19-000437-BAJ-RLB
04-29-2020
JESSICA ABBATE, ET AL. v. ELEPHANT INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.
RULING AND ORDER
Before the Court is the United States Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 24) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1). The Report and Recommendation addresses Plaintiffs' Motion for Remand (Doc. 17). The Magistrate Judge recommended that the Court grant the motion and remand the matter to the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court for the Parish of Ascension because the removing Defendants failed to meet their burden of establishing complete diversity. Doc. 24 at p. 7.
The Report and Recommendation notified the parties that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1), they had fourteen days from the date they received the Report and Recommendation to file written objections to the proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations therein. No objections or responses were filed by either party.
Having carefully considered the underlying Complaint, the instant motion, and related filings, the Court approves the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, and hereby adopts its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation.
IT IS ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 24) is ADOPTED as the Court's opinion herein.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand (Doc. 17) is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter is remanded to the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court for the Parish of Ascension.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 29th day of April, 2020
/s/ _________
JUDGE BRIAN A. JACKSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA