-DW White v. MV Transportation, Inc., No. 3:2011cv00147 - Document 11 (W.D. Ky. 2011)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting 6 Motion to Remand; denying 7 Motion for Hearing. This case is remanded to the Jefferson Circuit Court.. Signed by Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr on 4/29/11. cc:counsel, JCC (JBM)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:11CV-147-JHM DEBORAH WHITE PLAINTIFF V. MV TRANSPORTATION DEFENDANT MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff s Motion to Remand [DN 6]. Plaintiff also moves for a hearing. [DN 7]. Fully briefed, these matters are ripe for decision. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff s Motion to Remand and DENIES her motion for a hearing Plaintiff filed suit in Jefferson Circuit Court on February 5, 2009. Defendant removed the suit to this court on March 9, 2011. Plaintiff asserts in her motion to remand that 28 U.S.C. ยง 1446(b) prohibits the removal of a diversity case more than one year after it was commenced in state court. In response, Defendant correctly argues that the one-year prohibition only applies to cases which were not initially removable. Defendant argues that the case was initially removable. If the case was indeed initially removable, it should have been removed within thirty days of receipt of the initial pleading. If not initially removable, at the very least, it should have been removed within thirty days of December 9, 2009, the date interrogatories were answered claiming damages in excess of $75,000. Thus, in either event, the removal was untimely. Remand to state court is appropriate. cc: counsel of record Jefferson Circuit Court April 29, 2011
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