EAST COAST ADVANCED PLASTIC SURGERY v. HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY et al

Filing 27

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS, that this courts adopts Magistrate Judege Hammer's 22 Report and Recommendation. It is further Ordered that the objection (D.E. 23) of defendant Horizon Blue Corss Blue Sheild of New Jersey ("BC BS") objections is overruled; and It is further Ordered that the Plaintiff motion 5 Remand to State Court filed by EAST COAST ADVANCED PLASTIC SURGERY, is Granted and the case is remanded to the Superior Court of New Jersey Bergen County and that 4 Motion to Dismiss filed by HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY is terminated without prejudice as moot, etc ***CIVIL CASE TERMINATED. Signed by Judge Kevin McNulty on 11/26/2018. (JB, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

EAST COAST ADVANCED PLASTIC
SURGERY,

Civ. No. 18-7718 (KM) (MAR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER

V.

HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE
SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY, JOHN AND
JANE DOES 1-10, AND ABC
CORPORATIONS 1-10,
Defendants.

THIS MATTER having come before the Court upon a motion of plaintiff
East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery (“ECAPS”) to remand this matter to state
court (DE 5); and Magistrate Judge Michael A. Hammer having issued a Report
and Recommendation (DE 22) that the Court grant the motion to remand; and
the parties having filed an objection, response, and reply to the Report and
Recommendation (DE 23, 24,25); for the reasons stated therein, and in the
accompanying Opinion;
IT IS on this 26th day of November 2018,
ORDERED that this Court adopts Magistrate Judge Hammer’s Report
and Recommendation (DE 22); and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the objection (DE 23) of defendant
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (“BCBS”) objections is overruled;
and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the plaintifFs motion to remand (DE 5

is GRANTED, and the case is remanded to the Superior Court of New Jersey,
Bergen County; and

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that BCBS’s motion to dismiss (DE 4) is

terminated without prejudice as moot; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall mark this

matter as closed.

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Dated: November 26, 2018

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Kevin McNulty
United States District Judge

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