Abbas v. Truist Bank

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION SHAWKAT ABBAS AND WEEAM ) AHMAD, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) Case No. 3:24-cv-01283 v. ) Judge Aleta A. Trauger ) TRUIST BANK, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM Plaintiffs, husband and wife Shawkat Abbas and Weeam Ahmad, are customers of defendant Truist Bank (“Truist”).1 (Complaint ¶¶ 1, 5, 14.)2 After the plaintiffs’ safe deposit box went missing from Truist’s bank branch, and having received unsatisfactory responses from Truist, the plaintiffs sued in state court. Truist removed and has filed a Motion to Compel…