HEFFNER v. LIFESTAR RESPONSE OF NEW JERSEY INC.

Filing 19

ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REMAND IS GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT THE WITHIN MATTER IS REMANDED TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT THE CLERK OF COURT SHALL TRANSMIT THE RECORD PAP ERS AND DOCKET ENTRIES IN THIS MATTER TO THE CLERK OF COURTS-CIVIL DIVISON OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEASE OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT THE CLERK OF COURT SHALL MARK THIS MATTER DISMISSED AND CLOSED FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JAMES KNOLL GARDNER ON 9/27/2013. 9/27/2013 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(lbs, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
BRIAN HEFFNER,
Plaintiff
v.
LIFESTAR RESPONSE OF NEW JERSEY, INC.,
trading and doing business as,
LIFESTAR RESPONSE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Defendant

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Civil Action
No. 13-cv-00194

O R D E R
NOW, this 27th day of September, 2013, upon
consideration of the following documents:
(1)

Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand filed February 11,
2013, together with,
(A)

Plaintiff’s Brief in Support of His Motion
to Remand; and

(2)

Defendant’s Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion to
Remand, which opposition was filed February 25,
2013; and

(3)

Notice of Removal filed January 10, 2013, together
with,
(A)

Complaint filed by plaintiff in the Court of
Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
on December 4, 2012;

after oral argument held before me on April 10, 2013 1; and for
the reasons expressed in the accompanying Opinion,

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I scheduled a hearing on Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand to commence
April 10, 2013 to provide each party with the opportunity to present
witnesses and evidence in support of their respective positions concerning
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IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand is
granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the within matter is
remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall
transmit the record papers and docket entries in this matter to
the Clerk of Courts-Civil Division of the Court of Common Pleas
of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall
mark this matter dismissed and closed for statistical purposes.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ James Knoll Gardner ____
James Knoll Gardner
United States District Judge

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remand. At that hearing, John R. Kantner, Esquire, counsel for plaintiff,
and Trisha M. Majumdar, counsel for defendant, each stated on the record that
they would not be calling any witnesses or presenting any evidence, and that
they each intended to proceed with oral argument only. Accordingly, counsel
presented their respective arguments and, at the close of the proceeding, I
took the matter under advisement. Hence this Order and accompanying Opinion.

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