Opinion
CIVIL 7:23-CV-00205
11-13-2023
MARGARITA MARTINEZ and GABRIEL R. MARTINEZ, Plaintiffs, v. HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, TRANSAMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, IBC BANK and JOHN DOE, Defendants.
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ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
DREW B. TIPTON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Pending before the Court is the October 12, 2023, Memorandum and Recommendation (“M&R”) prepared by Magistrate Judge Peter Bray. (Dkt. No. 17). Judge Bray made findings and conclusions and recommended that Plaintiff's Motion for Remand (Dkt. No. 3) be denied and that Defendant IBC Bank be dismissed from the lawsuit. (Dkt. No. 17).
The Parties were provided proper notice and the opportunity to object to the M&R. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b). No party filed an objection. As a result, review is straightforward: plain error. Guillory v. PPG Indus., Inc., 434 F.3d 303, 308 (5th Cir. 2005). No plain error appears.
Accordingly, the Court accepts the M&R and adopts it as the opinion of the Court. It is therefore ordered that:
(1) Judge Bray's M&R (Dkt. No. 17) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety as the holding of the Court;
(2) Plaintiff's Motion for Remand (Dkt. No. 3) is DENIED; and
(3) Defendant IBC Bank is DISMISSED.
It is SO ORDERED.