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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Notice of Removal

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

CITY OF PHENIX CITY, 

ALABAMA, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JERRY PAUL CARROLL,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. 3:15-CV-748-WKW

ORDER

On March 14, 2016, the Magistrate Judge filed a Recommendation (Doc. # 28)

to which Defendant timely filed an objection (Doc. # 29). Plaintiff Redflex Traffic 

Systems filed a response to Defendant’s objection. (Doc. # 30.) The court has 

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

Recommendation to which objection is made, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), and finds that 

Defendant’s objection is without merit. 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED as follows:

(1) Defendant’s objection (Doc. # 29) is OVERRULED;

(2) The Recommendation (Doc. # 28) is ADOPTED;

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(3) Plaintiffs’ Motions to Remand (Docs. # 9, 13) are GRANTED for lack 

of subject-matter jurisdiction;

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(4) This case is REMANDED to the Municipal Court of Phenix City, 

Alabama; and

(5) All remaining outstanding motions (Docs. # 4, 11, 21, 22, 23, 25) are 

DENIED as moot.

It is further ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion for Disqualification (Doc. 

# 31) and Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. # 35) are DENIED.

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

the remand.

DONE this 5th day of April, 2016. 

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

																																																												 1 The court also notes that although Plaintiff alleged jurisdiction pursuant to §§ 1331 and 

1332, these sections grant jurisdiction for civil matters. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331–32. The complaint 

in this case stems from a violation of a Phenix City ordinance, so that the case is not a civil matter 

that falls within the jurisdictional grant of either § 1331 or § 1332.

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