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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION

JANE DOE, §
§
Plaintiff, §
§
v. §
C.A. No. 3:20-CV-01151-M
§
HILLSTONE RESTAURANT GROUP, §
INC. D/B/A R+D KITCHEN, §
§
Defendant. §

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO REMAND AND BRIEF IN SUPPORT

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

On May 8, 2020, at approximately 7:39 p.m., the undersigned emailed counsel for

Plaintiff, Brent Walker and Charla G. Aldous, to confer whether they oppose this Motion.

Attached as Exhibit A are the “read receipts.” A second email was sent at 9:00 p.m. As

of this filing we have not received a response. We will amend this certificate of conference

if a response is received.

Rogge Dunn

Defendant Hillstone Restaurant Group, Inc. d/b/a R+D Kitchen (hereinafter

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“Defendant”) files this Motion to Remand and Brief in Support (the “Motion”), and states:

1. On May 7, 2020, Plaintiff Jane Doe (hereinafter “Plaintiff”) filed suit against

Defendant in the District Court of Dallas County, Texas. That same day, Defendant timely

removed this case to federal court.

2. Defendant no longer wishes to maintain this action in federal court, and

therefore files this Motion seeking to remand this case back to state court. Accordingly,

Defendant respectfully requests that the Court enter the Order of Remand submitted

herewith and remand this case to the District Court of Dallas County, Texas.

Respectfully submitted,

____________________
R. ROGGE DUNN
Texas Bar No. 06249500

E-mail: [email protected]

GREGORY M. CLIFT
State Bar No. 00795835
E-mail: [email protected]

ROGGE DUNN GROUP, PC


500 N. Akard Street, Suite 1900
Dallas, Texas 75201
Telephone: (214) 888-5000
Facsimile: (214) 220-3833

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
instrument has been served on all counsel of record listed below via the Court’s e-filing
system on May 8, 2020:

Charla G. Aldous VIA ECF


[email protected]
Brent R. Walker
[email protected]
Aldous\Walker, LLP
4311 Oak Lawn Ave., Suite 150
Dallas, TX 75219

Chelsea Priest VIA EMAIL:


Law Clerk to Honorable Chief Judge [email protected]
Barbara M.G. Lynn
United States District Court for the
Northern District of Texas

Rogge Dunn

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From: Charla Aldous <[email protected]>


To: Rogge Dunn
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 7:41 PM
Subject: Read: RE: Hillstone/Doe Second Confirmation of Compliance with the TRO

Your message

To: Charla Aldous


Subject: RE: Hillstone/Doe Second Confirmation of Compliance with the TRO
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 7:38:59 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US &amp; Canada)

was read on Friday, May 8, 2020 7:40:51 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US &amp; Canada). 

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From: Brent Walker <[email protected]>


To: Rogge Dunn
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 7:55 PM
Subject: Read: RE: Hillstone/Doe Second Confirmation of Compliance with the TRO

Your message

To: Brent Walker


Subject: RE: Hillstone/Doe Second Confirmation of Compliance with the TRO
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 7:38:59 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US &amp; Canada)

was read on Friday, May 8, 2020 7:54:56 PM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US &amp; Canada). 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT


FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION

JANE DOE, §
§
Plaintiff, §
§
v. §
§ C.A. No. 3:20-CV-01151-M
HILLSTONE RESTAURANT GROUP, §
INC. D/B/A R+D KITCHEN, §
§
Defendant. §

ORDER REMANDING CASE TO STATE COURT

Came on to be considered Defendant’s Motion for Remand [ECF No. 5] (the “Motion”).

After considering the Motion, the Court believes the Motion should be granted.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this case shall be remanded to the state court in which

it was originally filed, the 116th District Court, Dallas, Texas with costs taxed against the party

incurring same. The Clerk of Court is ordered to do all things necessary to effectuate the remand.

Signed this ___ day of _____________, 2020.

BARBARA M. G. LYNN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT CHIEF JUDGE

ORDER REMANDING CASE TO STATE COURT – Solo Page


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