Progressive County Mutual Insurance Company v. Keechi Transport LLC, 6:22-cv-02170

Progressive County Mutual Insurance Company (Progressive) filed suit against several defendants, including Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Logistics, Inc., Keechi Transport LLC, and Star K Logistics Corp.
Progressive moved for judgment on the pleadings against some defendants and for default judgment against Keechi Transport and Star K Logistics.
On April 29, 2024, Magistrate Judge Norway recommended denying Progressive’s motion and dismissing the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
The parties were given the opportunity to object to the magistrate’s report, but no objections were filed.
The District Court reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s findings and adopted the recommendation, dismissing the case.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Subject matter jurisdiction	Court has jurisdiction over the dispute	Court lacks jurisdiction	Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction
Motion for judgment on the pleadings	Entitled to judgment based on pleadings	Not detailed	Motion denied
Entry of final default judgment	Entitled to default judgment on non-responsive defendants	Not detailed	Motion denied

Cooper-Houston v. S. Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603 (11th Cir. 1994) (Explains the standard for review by the district judge of magistrate judge’s legal conclusions)
United States v. Farias-Gonzalez, 556 F.3d 1181 (11th Cir. 2009) (Describes district court’s obligation to review de novo those portions of a magistrate’s report to which objections are filed)
Jordan v. Comm’r, Miss. Dep’t of Corr., 947 F.3d 1322 (11th Cir. 2020) (Reiterates standard for review of non-dispositive magistrate judge orders)