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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal- Personal Injury

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

QUINCY LAMONT WALKER, 

as Personal Representative of the 

Estate of John Norwood, deceased,

Plaintiff,

v.

LEON LEWIS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 2:14-CV-1118-WKW

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ORDER

On April 13, 2015, the Magistrate Judge filed a Recommendation in this 

case to which no timely objections have been filed. (Doc. # 23.) Upon an 

independent review of the file in this case, it is ORDERED as follows:

(1) that the Recommendation (Doc. # 23) is ADOPTED;

(2) that Defendant the Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s Motion to 

Dismiss (Doc. # 3) is GRANTED;

(3) that this court DECLINES to exercise its ancillary jurisdiction over 

the state-law claims against the nonfederal Defendants;

(4) that this case is REMANDED to the Circuit Court of Lowndes 

County, Alabama, as having been “removed improvidently and without 

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jurisdiction” in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). Williams v. City of Atlanta, 

794 F.2d 624, 628–29 (11th Cir. 1986); and 

(5) that this court DEFERS ruling on Plaintiff’s Motion for Allocation of 

Tentative Settlement Proceeds and Request for Evidentiary Hearing (Doc. # 22),

leaving the motion to be addressed by the state court following remand. 

It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to take 

appropriate steps to effectuate the remand. 

DONE this 28th day of April, 2015. 

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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