Merchants Credit Bureau, Inc. v. Morris
Filing
22
ORDER granting the parties' 21 Joint Response to Show Cause Order and Motion to Remand; and remanding this case to the Superior Court of Columbia County, Georgia. Signed by Judge J. Randal Hall on 1/4/2017. (jah)
IN THE UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
AUGUSTA DIVISION
MERCHANTS CREDIT BUREAU,
INC.,
*
As Assignee of AP Surgery
*
Center,
*
Plaintiff,
*
CV 115-124
*
v.
*
JONATHAN MORRIS,
*
Defendant.
*
ORDER
Presently
to
before
the
Court
is
the
parties'
Show Cause Order and Motion to Remand.
motion
to
remand,
dismissal
of
eliminated
all
further
parties
third-party
federal
stipulate
principle
the
that
which may
stipulate
defendant
law
claims
they
require
(Doc.
Response
20.)
In their
that
this
Court's
Blue
in
have
Joint
Cross
Blue
Shield
this
case.
The
parties
reached
post-judgment
a
settlement
action by
in
Plaintiff.
The Court must now determine if remand is proper.
28
U.S.C.
ยง
1367(c)(3)
provides
that
"district
courts
may
decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over a claim . . .
if
.
.
. the
district
it has original
"encourage[s]
court
has
jurisdiction."
districts
to
dismissed all
Moreover,
dismiss
any
the
claims
over which
Eleventh Circuit
remaining
state
claims
when,
as here,
trial."
Cir.
the federal claims have been dismissed prior to
Raney v. Allstate Ins.
2004) .
Because
this
Court
Co.,
has
370
F.3d 1086,
dismissed
all
1089
(11th
federal
law
claims by virtue of dismissing Blue Cross Blue Shield as a party
to this litigation,
it GRANTS the parties'
REMANDS
to
this
case
the
Superior
Court
request
of
(doc. 20) and
Columbia
County,
Georgia.
ORDER ENTERED
January,
at
Augusta,
Georgia,
this
/^ day of
2017.
\J.
RANDAL HALL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SQUTHE^KDISTRICT OF GEORGIA
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