Dennington v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company et al

Filing 251

ORDER denying 170 Motion for Discovery; denying 212 Motion to Compel ; denying 224 Motion for Summary Judgment. Motions denied without prejudice to the parties' right to renew them in the future if necessary. Signed by Honorable Susan O. Hickey on January 3, 2020. (mll)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
TEXARKANA DIVISION
JAMES STUART and CAREDA L.
HOOD, individually and on behalf
of all others similarly situated

v.

PLAINTIFFS

Case No. 4:14-cv-4001

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY
COMPANY

DEFENDANT
ORDER

The parties have reached a proposed settlement of all matters related to this case. The
Court has preliminarily approved of the parties’ proposed settlement, certified a class for
settlement purposes only, and set a final approval hearing.
Several motions unrelated to the proposed settlement remain pending in this case. In light
of the case’s current posture, the Court finds that those motions are moot and should be denied.
See Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254, (1936) (noting “the power inherent in every court to
control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for
counsel, and for litigants”). Accordingly, all currently pending motions in this case (ECF Nos.
170, 212, 224) are hereby DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to the parties’ right to renew them
in the future if necessary.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 3rd day of January, 2020.
/s/ Susan O. Hickey
Susan O. Hickey
Chief United States District Judge