Legal Opinion
Satterfield v. Fortis Benefits Insurance
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided September 30, 2002No. CIV.A. 02-A-73-EPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ALBRITTON, Chief Judge.
I.INTRODUCTION
This cause is before the court on Plaintiffs Motion to Remand (Doc. # 3). Plaintiff filed suit in the Circuit Court of Talla-poosa County, Alabama, on December 10, 2001, asserting a claim under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., for benefits allegedly due under a long term disability policy. Defendant filed its Notice of Removal (Doc. # 1) with this court on January 17, 2002.
II.REMAND STANDARD
Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. See Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of…
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