Opinion
Civil Action 21-00582-BAJ-EWD
09-20-2022
PENNY PITRE v. CIRCLE K STORES, INC., ET AL.
RULING AND ORDER
BRIAN A. JACKSON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
On August 25, 2022, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report And Recommendation (Doc. 11, the “R&R”) recommending that the above-captioned action be remanded to the Eighteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, based on Defendants' failure to establish diversity of citizenship between the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Defendants object to the R&R. (Doc. 12).
Upon de novo review, and having carefully considered Defendants' Notice of Removal (Doc. 1), the parties' memoranda setting forth their respective positions regarding whether Defendants have satisfied Section 1332's diversity of citizenship requirement (Docs. 7, 10), and Defendants' objections to the R&R (Doc. 12), 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 Eighteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish 1 of West Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs request under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) for the costs and attorney's fees associated with filing the Motion be DENIED.
Judgment shall be issued separately. 2