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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LOUVENIA PENWRIGHT CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO: 06-7565 SECTION: "J” (5) LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION d/b/a
LOUISIANA CITIZENS FAIR PLAN
AND AMERICAN SECURITY
INSURANCE CO.
ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand and For Sanctions (Rec. Doc. 5) . American Security Insurance Company opposed this motion, which is set for hearing on December 20, 2006, with oral argument. However, this Court concludes that oral argument is unnecessary and hereby CANCELS oral argument. Upon review of the record, the memoranda of counsel, and the applicable law, this Court now finds that, for the same reasons set forth by the undersigned in Southall v. St. Paul Travelers Ins. Co., 2006 WL 2385365 (E.D. La. Aug. 16, 2006) in its discussion of the Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2002 (“MMTJA”) , Plaintiff’s motion to remand should be granted and this case should be remanded to the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. However, this Court declines to award attorneys fees. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand and For
1 *2 Case 2:06-cv-07565-CJB-ALC Document 10 Filed 12/14/06 Page 2 of 2 Sanctions (Rec. Doc. 5) should be and hereby is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART . This matter is hereby remanded to the state court from which it was removed. 14th
New Orleans, Louisiana this day of December, 2006.
____________________________ CARL J. BARBIER UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 22