Opinion
Civil Action 23-149-SDD-RLB
10-25-2023
RYAN WILLIS v. UNITED PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
RULING
SHELLY D. DICK UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CHIEF JUDGE
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 Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. dated September 21, 2023, to which no objection was filed.
Rec. Doc. No. 7.
Rec. Doc. No. 8.
The Court hereby approves the Report and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.
ACCORDINGLY,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File First Supplemental and Amended Complaint is GRANTED to the extent it seeks leave to amend to join the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association as an additional defendant in this action.
Rec. Doc. No. 7.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action is REMANDED to the 21st Judicial District Court for Livingston Parish, Louisiana for lack of subject matter jurisdiction in light of the addition of the non-diverse defendant Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association.
Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana the 25th day of October, 2023.