Opinion
CIVIL ACTION 19-660-SDD-SDJ
09-24-2020
RULING
The Court has carefully considered the Motion, the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendations of United States Magistrate Judge Scott D. Johnson, dated August 26, 2020, to which an objection was filed and also reviewed.
Rec. Doc. 5.
Rec. Doc. 13.
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The Court hereby approves the Report and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.
ACCORDINGLY, the Plaintiff's Motions to Remand (19-cv-660, Rec. Doc. 5 and 19-cv-661, Rec. Doc. 3) are hereby GRANTED, and the cases in this consolidated matter are hereby REMANDED to the 23rd Judicial District Court for the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, for further proceedings.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's requests for costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c), made in both Motions to Remand (19- cv-660, Rec. Doc. 5 and 19-cv-661, Rec. Doc. 3) are hereby DENIED.
Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 24, 2020.
/s/ _________
CHIEF JUDGE SHELLY D. DICK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA