Escuadra v. Geovera Specialty Insurance

Opinion Re Motion To Remand

EARL S. HINES, United States Magistrate Judge.

This “Hurricane Ike case” is assigned to United States district judge Ron Clark and is referred to the undersigned for pretrial proceedings under an administrative, unwritten referral order entered on November 19, 2009.

Unlike most such cases filed in or removed to this court after Hurricanes “Rita” and “Ike,” the parties find themselves unable to resolve their dispute amicably, and they jointly request expedited rulings on two pending motions: (1) plaintiffs motion to remand this case back to the 172nd Judicial District…