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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

BILLIE CHILDERS,

Plaintiff,

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LIFE OF THE SOUTH 

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. 3:16-CV-78-WKW

 

ORDER

On April 18, 2016, the Magistrate Judge filed a Recommendation (Doc. # 15) 

to which Defendant Life of the South Insurance Company timely filed objections 

(Doc. # 16). Plaintiff filed a Response to Defendant’s objections. (Doc. # 17.) The 

court has conducted an independent and de novo review of those portions of the 

Recommendation to which objections are made, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The 

court concludes that the objections are without merit and that the Magistrate Judge’s 

Recommendation is due to be adopted.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that:

(1) Defendant’s Objections (Doc. # 16) are OVERRULED;

(2) The Recommendation (Doc. # 15) is ADOPTED;

(3) Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint (Doc. # 8) is GRANTED; 

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(4) Plaintiff is ORDERED to file the First Amended Complaint (Doc. 

# 8-1) by June 24, 2016; 

(5) Effective June 25, 2016, this case is REMANDED to the Circuit Court 

of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; and

(6) Because this court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, it declines to enter 

a decision on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 3), which shall remain pending 

for adjudication by the state court.

The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to take the steps necessary to effectuate 

the remand.

DONE this 20th day of June, 2016.

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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