Johnson v. Agility Fuel Sys.

Full title: JOHNSON v. AGILITY FUEL SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL.

Court: United States District Court, Middle District of Louisiana

Date published: Oct 7, 2021

Civil Action 20-733-SDD-RLB (M.D. La. Oct. 7, 2021)

Opinion

Civil Action 20-733-SDD-RLB

10-07-2021

JOHNSON v. AGILITY FUEL SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL.

SHELLY D, DICK, CHIEF JUDGE

RULING

SHELLY D, DICK, CHIEF JUDGE

The Court has carefully considered the Motion, ¹the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendations ² of United States Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr., dated September 7, 2021, to which an Objection ³ and Joint Response ⁴ were filed and also reviewed.

1 Rec. Doc. 12.

2 Rec. Doc. 21.

3 Rec. Doc. 22.

4 Rec. Doc. 23.

The Court hereby approves the Report and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.

ACCORDINGLY, BFI's Motion for Leave to File Complaint of Intervention (Rec. Doc. 12) and BFI's Motion to Remand Case to State Court (Rec. Doc. 15) are hereby DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's claims in this action are hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE because BFI is an intervenor of right pursuant to Rule 24(a), and a required party whose joinder is not feasible under Rule 19(b).

Judgment shall be entered accordingly.