Bankston v. Illinois National Insurance

ORDER

MERRYDAY, District Judge.

Lynn Koletic Bankston (“the plaintiff’) sues Illinois National Insurance Company (“the defendant”) for bad faith refusal to settle an underlying insurance claim (Doc. 2). Asserting federal jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship, the defendant removes this action (Doc. 1) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a) and 1441(b). The plaintiff moves (Doc. 6) to remand pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447 and argues that the defendant’s notice of removal is untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b). The defendant responds that removal on August 24, 2005, was timely because a July 25,…