Williams v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America

ORDER

LARSEN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Before the court is plaintiffs’ motion to remand this case to state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c). I find that the thirty-day time limit for filing a notice of removal began to run on the day the petition was filed because defendant had actual notice of the amount in controversy through the demand letters sent before the action was commenced. Because the notice of removal was not filed until nearly four months after the petition was filed, the notice of removal was untimely and plaintiffs’ motion for remand will be granted.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaint…