State of Louisiana v. USA

Filing 33

JUDGMENT granting 19 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction; adopting 27 Report and Recommendations. IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the United States of Americas motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, Rec. Doc. 19 , is hereby GRANTED and the State of Louisianas claims are hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, consistent with the report and recommendation. Signed by Judge Michael J Juneau on 2/14/19. (crt,Guidry, C)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
LAFAYETTE DIVISION
STATE OF LOUISIANA

CASE NO. 6:18-CV-00174

VERSUS

UNASSIGNED DISTRICT JUDGE

USA

MAGISTRATE JUDGE HANNA
JUDGMENT
THIS MATTER came before the Court on February 14, 2019 for oral argument

on the State’s Objection to the Magistrate Judge’s November 20, 2018 Report and
Recommendation on Motion to Dismiss, Rec. Doc. [28].
After considering the objections, hearing the arguments of counsel, and
having conducted an independent review of the record, and for reasons orally
assigned, the Court adopts the reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation
of the Magistrate Judge previously filed herein, Rec. Doc. [27], having determined
that the findings and recommendations are correct under the applicable law.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the United States of
America’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, Rec. Doc. [19],

is hereby GRANTED and the State of Louisiana’s claims are hereby DISMISSED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE, consistent with the report and recommendation.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Lafayette, Louisiana, on this 14th day of
February, 2019.

______________________________
MICHAEL J. JUNEAU
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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