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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 06:12:54+00:00

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FindACase | Rodriguez v. Echosphere, L.L.C.
Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Rodrigo Eduardo Rodriguez's "Motion to Remand" ("Motion") (ECF No. 5) filed on February 28, 2018. Therein, Plaintiff requests that the Court remand this matter back to the 34th Judicial District Court of El Paso County, Texas. For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs Motion.
By this stipulation, I swear and stipulate that the amount of controversy in this case in a court of law is no more than $74, 999.00, plus interest and costs if no members of Defendant are citizens of the same State as Plaintiff. I verify and stipulate that the amount I seek to recover in this case in a court of law is no more than $74, 999.00, plus interest and costs.
If no members of Defendant are citizens of the same State as Plaintiff, I agree to waive and hereby do waive any recovery in this case, whether it be for actual damages, punitive damages, attorney fees, or any other possible category of recovery, in any amount totaling in excess of $74, 999.00, plus interest and costs in a court of law.
If no members of Defendant are citizens of the same State as Plaintiff and if a judgment is entered in this case in an amount in excess of $74, 999.00, plus interest and costs, I will not execute on the amount exceeding that amount. I waive any right to execute on the portion of any judgment in this case which exceeds $74, 999.00, plus interest and costs in a court of law.
By the phrase "interest and costs, " as those terms are used herein, I intend those terms to have the same meaning as they have under the federal removal statute, which I understand is 28 U.S.C. section 1332.
I intend for this stipulation to be binding on me and my heirs, successors, and assigns, and anyone acting on my behalf.
If no members of Defendant are citizens of the same State as Plaintiff, I agree that this stipulation is irrevocable, and forever bars any recovery in this case in excess of $74, 999.00, plus interest and costs in a court of law. Nothing herein applies if this case is in binding arbitration.
A defendant may remove a civil action filed in a state court to a federal district court if the latter court has subject matter jurisdiction over the action. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a). Where, as here, removal is premised upon diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the removing party bears the burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, both that the parties are diverse and that the amount in controversy exceeds $75, 000, exclusive of interest and costs. New Orleans & Gulf Coast Ry. Co. v. Barrois, 533 F.3d 321, 327 (5th Cir. 2008); Garcia v. Koch Oil Co. of Texas Inc., 351 F.3d 636, 638 (5th Cir. 2003). However, once the case is removed, the district court must remand "[i]f at any time before final judgment it appears that the district court lacks subject matter jurisdiction." 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c).

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