Is this returning an empty list?

I have this method that is removing elements from a list,

List<LinkedList<Object>> list = new LinkedList<>();

that removes two elements, returns a list which is then put through a queue names=queue.removePair();

public List removePair() {
    List<E> nList = new LinkedList<>();
    if (list.isEmpty() == true) {
        throw new InsufficientElementsException();
    }
    if (list.isEmpty() == false) {
        Object temp;
        for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
            temp = list.get(i).size();
            if (temp.equals(2)) {
                nList.add((E) list.get(i));
                list.remove(i);
            }
        }
        return nList;
    }

    return nList;
}

I believe this doesn't work because when I return the Nlist, it's only returning the one declared in the first line? How do I fix this?