Cowart v. Smith et al (INMATE2)

Filing 23

FINAL JUDGMENT that judgment is entered in favor of defendants and against plaintiff, with plaintiff taking nothing by his complaint. The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to enter this document on the civil docket as a final judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Signed by Honorable Myron H. Thompson on 9/25/2009. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Appeals Checklist)(cb, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

Civil Misc. No 00-3047 ORDER CONFLICT DISCLOSURE STATEMENT In compliance with Fed. R. App. P. 26.1, Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007(a)(1) and 7007.1, Fed R. Civ. P. 7.1, and Fed. R. Crim. P. 12.4, and other considerations which require judges to avoid conflicts of interest with unnamed corporations, partnerships, limited liability entities, joint ventures, trust entities, and other entities which may be related to parties to actions in this court, it is ORDERED that this court's order (Civ. Misc. No. 00-3047) (Doc. # 2) entered February 16, 2007, is hereby VACATED. It is further ORDERED as follows: 1. All parties (including individuals and governmental entities) shall file a statement identifying all parent companies, subsidiaries, partners, limited liability entity members and managers, trustees (but not trust beneficiaries), affiliates, or similar entities that could potentially pose a financial or professional conflict for a judge. The statement shall be filed with a party's first appearance. If there are no reportable relationships, that fact shall be certified in the filing. 2. In addition to this requirement which applies to all cases, all bankruptcy appeals shall be accompanied by a statement identifying the debtor, the members of creditors' committee, any entity which is an active participant in the proceedings, and other entities whose stock or equity value may be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceedings. 3. It is the responsibility of each party to a case to file a supplemental disclosure statement if, during the pendency of the case, additional reportable entities develop that would have been reportable initially.

4. This rule shall become effective on the date of filing, and shall apply to all cases pending in this court after that date. DONE this 12th day of June, 2007

/s/ Mark E. Fuller CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

/s/ Myron H. Thompson UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

/s/ W. Keith Watkins UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

**SAMPLE NOTICE FORMAT**
N o t e : W h e n E-Filing this pleading, please enter a separate docket entry. The event entry is located on CM/ECF by clicking: CIVIL > OTHER DOCUMENTS > CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT A screen-fillable Adobe Acrobat PDF form, which can be saved and E-Filed, is available on-line; it is a v a i la b le at http://www.almd.uscourts.gov/docs/CONFLICT_DISCLOSURE_STATEMENT_FILLABLE.pdf

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ DIVISION _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _, P la in tif f, v. _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _, D e f e n d a n ts , ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C A S E NO. __________________

C O N F L IC T DISCLOSURE STATEMENT C O M E S NOW ___________________, a [Plaintiff/Defendant] in the above-captioned m a tte r, and in accordance with the order of this Court, making the following disclosure c o nc e rn in g parent companies, subsidiaries, partners, limited liability entity members and m a n ag e rs , trustees (but not trust beneficiaries), affiliates, or similar entities reportable under th e provisions of the Middle District of Alabama's General Order No. 3047: T h is party is an individual, or T h is party is a governmental entity, or T h ere are no entities to be reported, or T h e following entities and their relationship to the party are hereby reported:

R e p o rta b le Entity
________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

R e latio n s h ip to Party
_________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________

Date

Signature Counsel Counsel for (print names of all parties) Address, City, State Zip Code Telephone Number

A ls o requires a certificate of Service