CURRY v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC et al

Filing 35

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT MOTION TO REMAND (DOC. 10) IS DENIED. DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS (DOC. 20 & 21) ARE GRANTED AND THE AMENDED COMPLAINT (DOC. 16) IS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. THIS CASE SHALL BE CLOSED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. SIGNED BY HONORABLE GERALD J. PAPPERT ON 8/30/17. 8/30/17 ENTERED AND COPIES EMAILED.(rf, )

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ROBERT CURRY, Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-2331 v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., et al., Defendants. ORDER AND NOW, this 30th day of August, 2017, after consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand, (ECF No. 10), Defendants’ Responses, (ECF Nos. 17 & 18), and Plaintiff’s Reply, (ECF No. 19), it is ORDERED that: 1. The Motion to Remand, (ECF No. 10), is DENIED; 2. Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss, (ECF Nos. 20 & 21), are GRANTED and the Amended Complaint, (ECF No. 16), is DISMISSED with prejudice.5 3. This case shall be CLOSED for statistical purposes. BY THE COURT: /s/ Gerald J. Pappert GERALD J. PAPPERT, J. In his Reply brief in support of his Motion to Remand, (ECF No. 19), and at oral argument, (Tr. of Hr’g, at 36:2–9), Plaintiff conceded that should the Court deny his Motion to Remand and hold that the LMRA preempts his state law cause of action, the Amended Complaint should be dismissed because claims under the LMRA are barred by its six-month statute of limitations. See 29 U.S.C. § 160(b); DelCostello v. International Broth. of Teamsters, 462 U.S. 151, 155 (1983); Vadino v. A. Valey Eng’rs, 903 F.2d 253, 260 (3d Cir. 1990). 5

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