Castillo v. State Farm Lloyds

PER CURIAM *

Plaintiff-Appellant Jorge Castillo, Jr., as representative of the estate of his father Jorge Castillo, appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to remand this case to state court and its subsequent dismissal of the non-diverse defendant State Farm Lloyds, Inc., as well as the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee State Farm Lloyd’s. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In May 2005, Jorge Castillo (“Castillo”) filed suit in state court against his homeowners’ insurer,…