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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

CHANT AS. MANSFIELD MITCHELL 

v. No. 2:15-cv-117-DPM 

PLAINTIFF 

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY DEFENDANT 

ORDER 

Mitchell's motion to strike, NQ 7, is granted and State Farm's motion to 

dismiss, NQ 3, is denied as moot. The correct name of the defendant has been 

cured by the amended complaint. NQ 5. 

State Farm has shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the 

amount in controversy could exceed the jurisdictional minimum. Bell v. 

Hershey Company, 557 F.3d 953, 956 (8th Cir. 2009), overruled in immaterial part 

by Standard Fire Insurance Company v. Knowles, 133 S. Ct. 1345, 1348-50 (2013). 

Mitchell's motion to remand, NQ 8, is therefore denied without prejudice. This 

case will remain here unless Mitchell stipulates to capping her potential 

recovery (including fees and costs) from all claims at an amount less than the 

jurisdictional minimum. Any stipulation is due by 10 September 2015. 

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So Ordered. 

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/l D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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