Pruitt et al v. Southwestern Energy Company

Filing 44

ORDER granting 37 Southwestern Energy Company's Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction and to Stay all Discovery. This case is dismissed without prejudice. All other pending motions are denied as moot. Signed by Judge Billy Roy Wilson on 5/13/2013. (dmn)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION
CLIFFORD AND LOVETA PRUITT, et al.
VS.

PLAINTIFFS

4:12-CV-00690-BRW

SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY

DEFENDANT

ORDER
Pending is Southwestern Energy Company’s Motion to Dismiss Second Amended
Complaint for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction and to Stay all Discovery (Doc. No. 37).
Plaintiffs have responded.1 A hearing was held on April 25, 2013 to address the Motion and
Southwestern’s Motion to Dismiss pending in the related case of Smith v. Southwestern Energy
Company, No. 4:12-CV-00423-BRW.
For the same reasons given in the May 13, 2013 Order in Smith,2 the Motion to Dismiss is
GRANTED and this case is DISMISSED without prejudice. All other pending motions are
DENIED as MOOT.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 13th day of May, 2013.

/s/Billy Roy Wilson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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2

Doc. No. 41.

Smith v. Southwestern Energy Company, No. 4:12-CV-00423-BRW, Doc. No. 85 (E.D.
Ark. May 13, 2013).