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Howze v. Foster Wheeler Constructors Company, Inc.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Jan 7, 2008
CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 07-457-FJP-DLD (M.D. La. Jan. 7, 2008)

Summary

denying motion to remand where "John Doe has not been properly joined and served, and the citizenship of fictitious defendants are not to be considered. . . . "The court has been cited to no authority which would allow it to consider the alleged citizenship of a still unknown and unserved fictitious defendant, and remand the action upon such amorphous consideration."

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 07-457-FJP-DLD.

January 7, 2008


OPINION


After independently reviewing the entire record in this case and for reasons set forth in the Magistrate Judge's Report to which no objection was filed:

IT IS ORDERED that the plaintiff's motion to remand shall be DENIED.

Rec. Doc. No. 3.


Summaries of

Howze v. Foster Wheeler Constructors Company, Inc.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Jan 7, 2008
CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 07-457-FJP-DLD (M.D. La. Jan. 7, 2008)

denying motion to remand where "John Doe has not been properly joined and served, and the citizenship of fictitious defendants are not to be considered. . . . "The court has been cited to no authority which would allow it to consider the alleged citizenship of a still unknown and unserved fictitious defendant, and remand the action upon such amorphous consideration."

Summary of this case from Karnes v. Outback Steakhouse of Fla., LLC
Case details for

Howze v. Foster Wheeler Constructors Company, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:OTIS HOWZE v. FOSTER WHEELER CONSTRUCTORS COMPANY, INC., ET AL

Court:United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana

Date published: Jan 7, 2008

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 07-457-FJP-DLD (M.D. La. Jan. 7, 2008)

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