Simmons v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, 771 F.Supp.3d 835

RULING AND ORDER

On March 3, 2025, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report And Recommendation (Doc. 20, the “R&R“) recommending that the above-captioned action be remanded to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, based on Defendant‘s failure to establish that the amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional minimum for diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. There are no objections to the R&R.

Having carefully considered Defendant‘s Notice of Removal (Doc. 1), Plaintiff‘s Motion to Remand (Doc. 11), Defendant‘s Opposition (Doc. 16), and Plaintiff‘s Reply Brief (Doc. 19), 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 Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 18th day of March, 2025

JUDGE BRIAN A. JACKSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Case Details

Case Name: Simmons v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

Court Name: District Court, M.D. Louisiana

Date Published: Mar 18, 2025

Citations: 771 F.Supp.3d 835; 3:24-cv-00197

Docket Number: 3:24-cv-00197

Court Abbreviation: M.D. La.