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Akingkugbe v. Red Frog Events, LLC, 17-01670-BAJ-EWD. (2018)

Court: District Court, M.D. Louisiana Number: infdco20180913c90 Visitors: 19
Filed: Sep. 07, 2018
Latest Update: Sep. 07, 2018
Summary: RULING AND ORDER BRIAN A. JACKSON , District Judge . Before the Court is the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 55) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1). The Magistrate Judge recommends that this case be remanded for failure to establish the amount in controversy. (Doc. 55). The Magistrate Judge further recommends denying as moot Plaintiffs Motion to Remand for improper joinder. Id. The Report and Recommendation notified the parties that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)
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RULING AND ORDER

Before the Court is the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 55) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Magistrate Judge recommends that this case be remanded for failure to establish the amount in controversy. (Doc. 55). The Magistrate Judge further recommends denying as moot Plaintiffs Motion to Remand for improper joinder. Id.

The Report and Recommendation notified the parties that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), they had fourteen (14) days from the date they received the Report and Recommendation to file written objections to the proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations therein (Doc. 55 at p. 1). Defendant Red Frog Events filed an objection, which Defendant, North South Innovations, joined. (Docs. 58 & 59). Red Frog Events contends that the amount in controversy is met.1 (See Doc. 58).

Having carefully considered the underlying complaint, the instant motion, and related filings, the Court approves the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, and hereby adopts its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation.

Accordingly,

IT IS SO ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 55) is ADOPTED as the Court's opinion herein.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case is REMANDED to the 20th Judicial Court for the Parish of West Feliciano, State of Louisiana.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Remand (Doc. 11) is GRANTED.

FootNotes


1. Subsequently, the Magistrate Judge denied a motion for leave to conduct additional discovery. (Doc. 61).
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