Ward v. Citadel Servicing Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
PAUL WARD,
Plaintiff.
VS.
CITADEL SERVICING
CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.
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3:26-cv-00064
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On May 20, 2026, all pretrial matters in this case were referred to United
States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Dkt. 17.
Judge Edison filed a memorandum and recommendation on May 20, 2026,
recommending that the plaintiff’s motion to remand (Dkt. 8) be denied. See Dkt.
18.
On June 3, 2026, the plaintiff filed his objections to the memorandum and
recommendation. See Dkt. 20. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this
court is required to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the
[magistrate judge’s] report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to
which objection [has been] made.” After conducting this de novo review, the court
may 	“accept, 	reject, 	or 	modify, 	in 	whole 	or 	in 	part, 	the 	findings 	or
recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” Id.; see also Fed. R. Civ. P.
72(b)(3).
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
June 05, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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The court has carefully considered the objections; the memorandum and
recommendation; the pleadings; and the record. The court accepts Judge Edison’s
memorandum and recommendation and adopts it as the opinion of the court. It is
therefore ordered that:
(1) 	Judge 	Edison’s memorandum and 	recommendation (Dkt. 	18) is
approved and adopted in its entirety as the holding of the court; and
(2) 	The plaintiff’s motion to remand (Dkt. 8) is denied.
SIGNED on Galveston Island this 5th day of June, 2026.
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JEFFREY VINCENT BROWN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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