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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, PHENIX CITY RED 

LIGHT SAFETY PROGRAM , et 

al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

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JERRY PAUL CARROLL, 

 Defendants. 

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

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ORDER

 Before the court is Defendant Jerry Paul Carroll’s motion for a stay of 

remand. (Doc. # 38.) Defendant seeks a stay pending his anticipated appeal of the 

April 5, 2016 order of remand. (Doc. # 37.) 

With some exceptions not applicable in this case, “[a]n order remanding a 

case to the State court from which it was removed is not reviewable on appeal or 

otherwise.” 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d); Harris v. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama, 

Inc., 951 F.2d 325, 330 (11th Cir. 1992). The case Defendant cites in support of 

his motion, Dalton v. Walgreen Co., No. 4:13 CV 603 RWS, 2013 WL 2367837 

(E.D. Mo. May 29, 2013), which is not binding precedent, is inapplicable. In 

Dalton, the usual rule that “an order remanding a case to state court is generally 

not reviewable on appeal” did not apply because Dalton (unlike the present case) 

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was removed pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 

1332(d), 1446, 1453. Dalton, 2013 WL 2367837 at *1. CAFA contains an express 

exception to § 1447(d)’s prohibition on appeals from remand orders. Dalton, 

2013 WL 2367837 at *1; 28 U.S.C. § 1453(c)(1). Other exceptions to the 

nonappealabity rule of § 1447(d), which allow for appeal of remand orders in cases 

removed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441 and 1443, are also inapplicable here. 28 

U.S.C. § 1447(d). 

 Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Defendant Jerry Paul Carroll’s motion for 

a stay of remand (Doc. # 38) is DENIED. 

DONE this 12th day of April, 2016. 

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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