City of Walker et al v. State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development et al

Filing 193

ORDER Adopting the 180 Report and Recommendation of the U.S. Magistrate Judge. The 129 Motion to Remand (certified copy mailed to appropriate judicial district court) is GRANTED and this action is REMANDED to the 19th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, State of Louisiana. Signed by Judge Kurt D Engelhardt on 8/9/2017. (LLH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF WALKER, ET AL.

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS
STATE OF LOUISIANA through the
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND DEVELOPMENT, ET AL.

No.:

17-55 KDE - EWD1

ORDER
After considering the plaintiffs’ motion to remand (Rec. Doc. 129), the record in this matter,
applicable law, the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Rec. Doc. 180), the objections
filed by the defendants (Rec. Docs. 181-188 and 190), and the plaintiffs’ response (Rec. Doc. 192),
the Court hereby approves the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation and adopts it as its
opinion.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the plaintiffs’ motion to remand (Rec. Doc. 12) is
GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action be and hereby is REMANDED to the
19th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, State of Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 9th day of August 2017.

____________________________________
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
KURT D. ENGELHARDT

1

This matter was re-assigned to the undersigned by order entered on April 6, 2017, by Chief Judge Brian
Jackson for the Middle District of Louisiana. See Rec. Doc. 133.

19th JDC - Certified