Rogers v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI WESTERN DIVISION BOBBY ROGERS PLAINTIFF VS. CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:25-cv-00006-DCB-LGI STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY AND ITS AGENT, JACOB POOLE DEFENDANT MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Before the Court are (i) Plaintiff Bobby Rogers (“Plaintiff”)’s Motion to Remand [ECF No. 9]; and (ii) Defendant Jacob Poole’s Motion to Dismiss himself from this lawsuit [ECF No. 4]. The same jurisdictional issue is at the core of both motions: whether the nondiverse co-defendant, Jacob Poole (“Poole”), was improperly joined in this…