Valdes v. Wal-Mart Stores

Summary Calendar Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas In this appeal, we consider the sole question of whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) requires an award of attorney's fees in each case remanded to the state court because the removal was improper. We make clear that the statute is discretionary. Here, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying attorney's fees to the plaintiff. I.