BERNA v. CITY OF DETROIT

No. 2:05CV74521.

419 F.Supp.2d 954 (2006)

Kathie L. BERNA, Peter P. Berna, Sr., Daniel P. Berna, Stephanie Gadwell, Christine Luevanos, Angelene Luevanos, Allen Gunther, Charles Scott, Robert Macleod, Deborah Macleod, Clifford Witting, Gino Stavola, Sandra Johnson, Edward Johnson, Albert Mauricio, Bella Mauricio, Stephanie A. Gadwell, Robert J. Gadwell, Robert T. Gadwell, and all similarly situated and affected individuals, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF DETROIT, Louise Lieberman, Victor Mercado, Gary Fujita, George Ellenwood, John McGrail, Daryl Ivory, William Craft, Gered Richards, Mr. Phraser (employee of City of Detroit), Detroit Wastewater Partners, Means Sverdrup/Wage-Trim, Sverdrup Associates, Inc., Wage-Trim Associates, Inc., Malcolm Prnie, Inc., Applied Science, Inc., Cecil Lue-Hing & Associates, Inc., Sigma Associates, Inc., Charlie Williams & Associates, Inc., Project Innovations, Inc., Consulting Engineering Associates, Inc., Cole Financial Services, Inc., Construction Dynamics Group, Inc., Hishon Environmental Consulting, Inc., Ribway Engineering Group, Inc., Testing Engineering Consultants, Inc., and Tucker Young Jackson Tull, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan. Southern Division.

January 3, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl L. Collins, III, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff.

Lisa A. Brown, Mark D. Jacobs, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, Marilyn A. Peters, Dykema Gossett, Bloomfield Hills, MI, James Sukkar, Harvey Kruse, Troy, MI, for Defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER FINDING JURISDICTION, DENYING THE NATION TO BE EXCUSED FROM ELECTRONIC FILING, AND ORDERING PLAINTIFFS TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT PHRASER SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs oppose the removal of this case to federal court, arguing that "due to the nature and independence of the claims in addition to their distinction from federal claims" the case should be remanded...

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