Alexander v. Dresser L L C ( 2022 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEXANDRIA DIVISION FRED ALEXANDER, ET AL CIVIL DOCKET NO. 1:21-CV-00161 VERSUS JUDGE DAVID C. JOSEPH DRESSER, LLC, ET AL MAGISTRATE JUDGE JOSEPH H.L. PEREZ-MONTES ORDER Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE COURT’S INTERLOCUTORY ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO REMAND AND DISMISSING DEFENDANT LDEQ (the “Motion”). [Doc. 97]. The Motion is unopposed. Given the Fifth Circuit’s intervening holding in D & J Inus. of Cenla, L.L.C. v. Baker Hughes a GE Co., L.L.C., 52 F.4th 187 (5th Cir. 2022). The Court herein: (i) VACATES the Report and Recommendation [Doc. 59] and Judgment [Doc. 66] dismissing the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) as a defendant in this matter; and Gi) ©REMANDS this case to the 9th Judicial District Court, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, because complete diversity no longer exists, and this Court therefore lacks subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). THUS, DONE AND SIGNED in Chambers on this 21*' day of December 2022. ( Lcd C DAVID C. JOSEPH UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE