Judge Cardone Denies Motion to Reconsider Remand Order

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Innes, No. EP-13-CV-322-KC, slip op. (W.D. Tex. Nov. 20, 2013)(Cardone, J.)

Two weeks after remanding this collection case to state court, the District Court denied the defendants’ motion for reconsideration.  In a succinct and restrained opinion, the District Court explained why its application of 28 U.S.C. § 1443’s two-prong test was not “patently ridiculous,” as the defendants labeled it. Slip op. at 2-4.