Opinion
Civil Action 23-00186-BAJ-EWD
01-03-2024
JOSEPH SHANE CASSANO v. H&M TRUCKING CO., ET AL.
RULING AND ORDER
BRIAN A. JACKSON JUDGE.
On December 6, 2023, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 16, the “Report”) recommending that the above-captioned action be remanded to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, based on Defendants' failure to establish that the amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional minimum for diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. No objection has been filed.
Having carefully considered Defendants' Notice of Removal (Doc. 1), and the Parties' memoranda setting forth their respective positions regarding whether Defendants have satisfied Section 1332's amount-in-controversy requirement (Docs. 7-1, 13), the Court APPROVES the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation and ADOPTS it as the Court's opinion in this matter.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the above-captioned action be and is hereby immediately REMANDED to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.