UNITESDT ATEDSI STRICCOTU RT MIDDLDEI STRIOCFFT L ORIDA JACKSONVIDLILVEI SION ASHLYNANR NOLD, Plaintiff, CasNeo .3 :22-cv-427-BJD-JB v. LEAV YB ROTHERMSO VING& STORAGEI,N Ca.n dM ICHAEL BURWELL, Defendants. ____________ _____,;, ORDER THICSA USiEsb eforteh Ceo urotnP laintMioftfisto onR emand (Do1c1.a) n dD efendanRtess'p oinnsO ep posit(iDoon2c 1.) . OnJ ul2y,2 02D1e, fendaMnitc haBeulr weilsal l letgoeh da ve workaesda d rivfoerrD efendLaenatvB yr othMeorvsi n&gS toraIgnec,. whent hvee hihcelw ea sd rivcionlgl iwdiettdhh vee hiPcllaei nwtaisff drivi(nDgo.3c ).P. l ainfitliesffdu iitns tactoeu argta iDnesfetn danotns Octob2e7r2, 0 21fo,ra ,m onogt htehri nDgesf,e ndannetgsl'i gienn ce causitnhgae c cid(eDnot1c.1. . a3t1 )P.l ainsteirffv Deedfe ndanotns Novemb1e6r2, 0 21(.D o1c1.. 4W)h.e nD efendanftasi lteotd i merleys pond, thset actoeu erntt erdeedfa ulatgsa iDnesfte nda(nDtos1c.1. . 6). Plainfitlieaffdn a mendceodm plaiinsn tta ctoeu orntJ anua3r1y,

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expliscoiutglmhyot r teh a$n7 5,00i0n.d 0a0m ages. iTsnh ose traet utory requiretmheaPntlt a inhtaivffpe r ovitdheiedn formatjiuostnth, a t Defendanwtesri en " receoiftp htie"n formatifaocnt-D ae fendandtons o t dispute.

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complaainndat r ne owi nd efauAlltl.o wiDnegf endatnort esm ovteh icsa se woulbdei nefficainedpn rto viadnue n fatiarc tiacdavla ntaTgheic.sa sies duet ob er emanded. Havindge termitnheardte moviantl h icsa swea si napprop,tr hiea te

Cournetx ttu rntsot haep plicaotf2i 8Uo .nS .§C 1.4 47,{w ch)icahl lotwhse imposiotfia otnt ornfeeyew'shs e raec asiesr emandteosd t actoeu ratfte r removaanldt hatth er emovipnagr tlya ckaendo bjectively reasonable basfoirss eekirnegm ovaSleM.ea rtvin.F ranklCianp itCaolrp .5,46 U .S.

13,21 4(12 00(5h)o ldtihnagat n a warodfa ttornfeeyes'shs o ubledd enied "wheann o bjectrievaesloyn baabsleiexs i sfotrsr "e movaBla)u;k nivg.h t MonroCen tyF.l,a 4.4,F6 . 31d3 72,1 32(911 th Ci2r0.0 6)T.h ea warodf attorney’s fees is to compensate the non-removing party. Bldg. Materials Corp. of Am., No. 615CV548ORL22GJK,

, at *3 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 22, 2018). Based on the record before it, the Court determines that Defendants had an objectively reasonable basis to remove this case, and that attorneys’ fees should not be awarded. Removal was rightly predicated on the Court’s diversity jurisdiction. Its timing, however, is subject to dispute as to its reasonableness as there is some ambiguity in the district courts of the Eleventh Circuit regarding when a Defendant must remove a case where a complaint only pleads a plaintiffs residence. Accordingly, after due consideration, it is ORDERED: 1. Plaintiffs Motion to Remand (Doc. 11) is GRANTED. 2. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to remand this case to the Circuit Court for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, in and for Duval County, Florida, and to transmit a certified copy of this Order to the clerk of that court. The Clerk of the Court shall then close this file and terminate any remaining motions and deadlines. DONE and ORDERED in Jacksonville, Florida this 3° day of Kebruary, 2023. Mxecu

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if A (\ Q BRIAN J. DAVIS United States District Judge

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