Eufaula Drugs, Inc. v. Tmesys, Inc.

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This lawsuit is before the court on plaintiff Eufaula Drugs, Ine.’s motion to remand to state court for want of subject-matter jurisdiction. The motion will be granted.

I. REMOVAL-AND-REMAND STANDARDS

“While a defendant does have a right, given by statute, to remove in certain situations, plaintiff is still the master of his own claim.” Burns v. Windsor Ins. Co., 31 F.3d 1092, 1095 (11th Cir.1994). Put differently, federal courts, as courts of limited jurisdiction, possess jurisdiction to hear a particular case only to the extent authorized by statute or…