Rhodes v. MCIC, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

James K. Bredar, United States District Judge

I. Background

Plaintiffs, who are surviving family members of Earl J. Rhodes, deceased, filed their complaint in this asbestos ease against thirty-two Defendants in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. (Compl., ECF No. 2.) The case has been removed to this Court by Crane Co. pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1442, which permits removal to federal court for cases involving the “federal officer defense.” (Notice of Removal, ECF No. 1.) Now pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to remand or, in the alternative, for severance of all…