JALOZA et al v. NEWMAN et al

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CLOSED - REMANDED to Marion County Circuit Court under cause no. 49C01-0611-PL-46089. Signed by Judge David Frank Hamilton on 6/20/2007. c/m(LSC)

JALOZA et al v. NEWMAN et al

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Case 1:07-cv-00773-DFH-JMS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION STEVEN JALOZA and SALVATORE FRADELLA, Plaintiffs, v. JOSEPH NEWMAN, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:07-cv-773-DFH-JMS ) ) ) ) )

ORDER OF REMAND Plaintiffs have moved to remand this action to state court because the removal relied upon the court's diversity jurisdiction, and at least two of the removing defendants are citizens of Indiana. Citizens of the forum state may not remove based on diversity jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b). Counsel for defendants have advised the court staff they do not intend to respond to the motion. Accordingly, the motion to remand is hereby GRANTED, and this action is hereby REMANDED to the Marion Circuit Court.

So ordered. Date: June 20, 2007 DAVID F. HAMILTON, JUDGE United States District Court Southern District of Indiana

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