Davis v. Life Investors Insurance Co. of America, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, Chief Judge.

This cause is before the court on the motion of defendant Life Investors Insurance Company of America, Inc. to amend its notice of removal. Plaintiff Sherman Davis opposes the motion on the basis that the request to amend to add a new basis for removal, coming more than thirty days after the notice of removal, is untimely and thus due to be denied. Having considered the parties’ submissions, as supplemented at the court’s request, the court concludes that the motion to amend the removal notice should be granted.

The plaintiff in this case,…