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FindACase™ | Flagstar Bank F S B v. Cormier
Flagstar Bank F S B v. Cormier
EDNA BOBINOX CORMIER ET AL
JUDGE JUNEAU MAGISTRATE JUDGE HANNA
PATRICKS HANNA, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Before the Court is the Motion to Remand filed on behalf of Plaintiff, Flagstar Bank FSB. (Rec. Doc. 5). Defendant, Edna Cormier, has not opposed. The deadline for filing oppositions to the Motion to Remand was September 9, 2019. The Motion was referred to the undersigned magistrate judge for review, report, and recommendation in accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §636 and the standing orders of this Court. Considering the evidence, the law, and the arguments of the parties, and for the reasons fully explained below, it is recommended that Flagstar's Motion be GRANTED.
Flagstar filed suit on September 10, 2018 in the Fifteenth Judicial District in Lafayette, Louisiana to enforce its security interest in property allegedly owned by Edna Cormier and the purported heirs of Ms. Cormier's deceased husband, Craig Cormier. (Rec. Doc. 1-1). On July 29, 2019, Ms. Cormier, proceeding pro se, filed a Notice of Removal. (Rec. Doc. 1). She alleged:
This is a PETITION TO ENFORCE SECURITY INTEREST BY EXECUTORY PROCESS against Real Property located at 214 Begnaud Dr, Lafayette, La, which was filed in state court on September 10, 2018, by Flagstar Bank, FSB ("Flagstar") against petitioner EDNA BOBINOX CORMIER, and six (6) other people who are improperly joined in this case and has nothing at all to do with the property in dispute. Flagstar Bank Claims and [sic] interest from a purported assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration System which is in heated dispute.
A sale of the property is scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, 2019, and none of the parties including Petitoner [sic], Edna Bobinox Cormier have been properly served with process. This is thus an illegal sale of the property and petitioner's property rights protected under federal law and constitution are being violated.
(Rec. Doc. 1, at 3).
Ms. Cormier did not identify any particular law or provision of the Constitution which Flagstar allegedly violated. Flagstar filed the instant Motion to Remand on August 19, 2019 on the sole ground that Ms. Cormier's removal was untimely. (Rec. Doc. 5).
The federal district courts have original jurisdiction over cases involving a federal question, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1331, and those in which the parties are diverse in citizenship and the amount in controversy exceeds $75, 000, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1332. Courts may also exercise, or decline to exercise, supplemental jurisdiction over certain cases. 28 U.S.C. §1367; Preston v. Tenet Healthsystem Mem'l Med. Ctr., Inc., 485 F.3d 804, 810 (5th Cir.2007). Generally, upon the filing of a motion to remand, the removing party bears the burden to prove that federal jurisdiction exists. De Aguilar v. Boeing Co., 47 F.3d 1404, 1408 (5th Cir.1995).
28 U.S.C. §1441 and §1446 provide the procedural mechanism by which a party may remove a matter from state court to a federal district court. Flagstar challenges Ms. Cormier's removal on the grounds of timeliness. §1446(b)(1) provides:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Although the thirty-day time limit of &sect;1446(b) may be waived, the plaintiff can assert his objection to an untimely removal by filing a motion to remand within thirty days of the filing of the notice of removal. &sect;1447; In re Shell Oil Co.,932 F.2d 1518, 1523 (5th Cir. 1991). Ms. Cormier was served with Flagstar's suit on April 12, 2019. (Rec. Doc. 5-3). She did not file the notice of removal until July 29, 2019, well after the thirty-day deadline to remove. (Rec. Doc. 1). Flagstar timely filed its Motion to Remand on August ...