Vogel v. U.S. Office Products Co.

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Defendants, U.S. Office Products (“USOP”), Navigant International, Inc. (“Navigant”), Jonathan Ledecky, Thomas Morgan, Donald Platt, and Mark Director, seek review of a magistrate judge’s order remanding a suit filed against them by plaintiffs, Gregory Vogel and Charles Cox, to state court. They contend that remand motions are dispositive motions and, as such, can only be granted by a district court. The district court held that remand motions can be issued by magistrate judges because they are nondispositive and, therefore, that it was precluded from reviewing the…