Powers v. Beacon CMP Corp.

Full title: KAY POWERS v. BEACON CMP CORP., ET AL.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION

Date published: Aug 18, 2016

CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:16-638 (W.D. La. Aug. 18, 2016)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:16-638

08-18-2016

KAY POWERS v. BEACON CMP CORP., ET AL.

JUDGE DOHERTY

MAGISTRATE JUDGE HANNA JUDGMENT

Plaintiff's motion to remand [Doc. 7] was referred to United State Magistrate Judge Patrick J. Hanna for report and recommendation. After an independent review of the record, consideration of the objections lodged, a telephone conference with counsel for all parties followed by supplemental briefing, and in light of the factual allegations set forth in plaintiff's first supplemental and amended complaint [Doc. 62]¹, the Court concludes the. Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation [Doc. 44] is correct and adopts the findings and conclusions therein as its own.

1 As discussed at the telephone conference, the Court found plaintiff's original complaint, filed in state court, to be inartfully pleaded for purposes of federal pleading requirements. --------

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that plaintiff's motion to remand is GRANTED, and this lawsuit is remanded to the 15^th Judicial District Court for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Chambers, Lafayette, Louisiana, this 18 day of August, 2016.

/s/_________

REBECCA F. DOHERTY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE