PORTER v. TIMES GROUP

No. 17-30144.

902 F.3d 510 (2018)

Joel G. PORTER, Plaintiff-Appellee v. TIMES GROUP; Time Books, doing business as People Magazine; Steve Helling, Defendants-Appellants

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 31, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlotte C. McDaniel McGehee , Baton Rouge, LA, Elton Heron , Geismar, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William Scott Keaty , Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer, A.P.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before CLEMENT, HIGGINSON, and HO, Circuit Judges.


We are asked to decide whether the district court erred when it allowed Joel G. Porter to amend his complaint to add a party that destroyed complete diversity and then remanded the action to state court. Because we are without appellate jurisdiction, we dismiss.

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