Alabama Central Credit Union v. CUMIS INSURANCE SOCIETY INC.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KARON OWEN BOWDRE, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on “Plaintiffs Motion for Remand” (doc. 5) and on Defendant William Joe Kiser, Jr.’s “Motion to Dismiss” (doc. 9). Both motions have been fully briefed and the court held a hearing on them on March 7, 2011. These motions required the court to assess whether Defendant Kiser was fraudulently joined for the purposes of defeating diversity jurisdiction. For the reasons stated on the Record and summarized below, the court finds that the Motion to Dismiss is due to be GRANTED and the Motion to Remand is due to be…