Steeby v. Discover Bank

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND

GREG KAYS, District Court.

This lawsuit arises from Defendant Discover Bank’s (“Discover”) attempt to collect on a debt Plaintiff Thomas Steeby (“Steeby”) alleges he already settled. Pending before the Court is Steeby’s Motion to Remand (Doc. 12). Steeby argues Discover did not have a right to remove this case from state court because the state court’s decision realigning the parties did not transform Discover from a plaintiff to a defendant for purposes of the federal removal statute. Because Eighth Circuit caselaw requires the Court to look at the parties’…