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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

MYRON C. PENN, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:07cv805-MHT

) (WO) 

DONNIE W. PIERCE, )

)

Defendant and )

 Third-Party Plaintiff, )

)

v. )

)

ENCOMPASS INSURANCE, )

)

Third-Party Defendant. )

OPINION AND ORDER

The court being of the opinion that the third-party

complaint, which is the asserted basis for invoking the

court’s diversity-of-citizenship removal jurisdiction, 28

U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441, cannot be the basis for removal,

see Wright, Miller & Cooper, Federal Practice and

Procedure: Jurisdiction 3d § 3723, at 611 (“It is the

citizenship of the original parties that is

determinative. Thus, diversity of citizenship only

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between a third-party plaintiff and a third-party

defendant will not confer jurisdiction over a suit that

is not otherwise removal.”); J. Moore, Moore’s Federal

Practice 3d § 107.11[1][b][iv], at 107-35 (“The better

view, consistent with the principle that removal

jurisdiction is to be strictly construed, is that thirdparty claims are not removable, because only a party

defending against claims asserted by a plaintiff ought to

to be able to remove.”), it is ORDERED as follows:

(1) The motion to remand (Doc. No. 8) is granted.

(2) This case is remanded to the Circuit Court of

Bullock County, Alabama.

It is further ORDERED that the motion to dismiss

(Doc. No. 10) is left for disposition by the state court

after remand.

The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to take

appropriate steps to effect the remand. 

DONE, this the 25th day of September, 2008.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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