Benjamin J. Cousins, M.D., P.A. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
WEST PALM BEACH DIVISION
CASE NO. 1:25-cv-22270-EA
Benjamin J. Cousins, M.D., P.A.,
Plaintiff,
v.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.,
Et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER AFFIRMING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
This cause comes before the Court on Magistrate Judge Lauren Fleischer Louis’s report and
recommendation [ECF No. 22] that the plaintiff’s motion to remand to state court [ECF No. 8] be
granted. Having carefully reviewed the record and the defendants’ objections to the report and
recommendation [ECF No. 23], the Court concludes that the causes of action in the third amended
complaint are not completely preempted so as to provide the Court with federal question
jurisdiction. See Baptist Hosp. of Mia., Inc. v. Pure Beauty Farms Med. Plan, No. 1:25-cv-22473-
EA, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 271370, (S.D. Fla. Dec. 3, 2025).
Therefore, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:
1. 	The report and recommendation [ECF No. 22] is AFFIRMED.
2. 	The plaintiff’s motion to remand is GRANTED [ECF No. 8].
3. 	The Clerk of the Court is instructed to REMAND the case to the Eleventh Judicial
Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.
4. 	This CASE IS CLOSED.
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ORDERED in Chambers in West Palm Beach, Florida, this 18th day of February 2026.
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ED ARTAU
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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