al. The removal statute was enacted specifically "to protect defendants." Legg v. Wyeth, 428 F.3d 1317, 1325 (11th Cir. 2005). Cf., e.g., Piquet v. Amoco Prod. Co., 513 F. Supp. 938, 941 (M.D. La. 1.981) (explaining that courts developed the fraudulent-joinder doctrine to protect "the right [of removal] g