Lawrence v. Fairfield Processing Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION FONTANIA LAWRENCE, ) ) Plaintiff(s), ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:21-cv-01464-SRC ) FAIRFIELD PROCESSING ) CORPORATION et al., ) ) Defendant(s) ) Memorandum and Order Issues regarding timeliness and the amount in controversy aside, Fairfield defectively removed this case because it failed to secure its fellow defendant’s consent to removal. Moreover, Fairfield’s argument that it need not have secured Venture Express, LLC’s consent lacks merit because Venture Express, LLC is not a mere nominal party to the suit. Accordingly, the…