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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION 

TERRY L. SOLES, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 1:14cv1041-MHT 

) (WO) 

MR. KINGSLEY, et al., )

)

 Defendants. )

 

OPINION 

 Plaintiff filed this lawsuit asserting that his 

insurance company exercised bad faith and his attorney 

committed malpractice in settling a claim stemming from 

a car accident in which plaintiff suffered a serious 

injury. The current lawsuit is now before the court on 

the recommendation of the United States Magistrate 

Judge that plaintiff’s case be dismissed for lack of 

subject-matter jurisdiction. Also before the court are 

plaintiff’s objections to the recommendation. After an 

independent and de novo review of the record, the court 

concludes that plaintiff’s objections should be 

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overruled and the magistrate judge’s recommendation 

adopted. The court cannot exercise diversity 

jurisdiction unless the plaintiff is a citizen of a 

State different from that of each and every defendant. 

Here the plaintiff and two defendants are citizens of 

the same State, Alabama. Accordingly, plaintiff must 

file his lawsuit in state court. 

An appropriate judgment will be entered. 

DONE, this the 13th day of January, 2015. 

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson____ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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