Bell v. Woods

Filing 57

ORDER granting Motion to Substitute Party. (Doc. 56). The Clerk is directed to take all steps necessary to effectuate the substitution of party on the docket. Signed by Magistrate Judge Philip R. Lammens on 9/23/2022. (EE)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
OCALA DIVISION
KENNETH D. BELL and
NATIONWIDE JUDGMENT
RECOVERY, INC.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No: 5:20-mc-10-JSM-PRL

NATHANIEL WOODS,
Defendant.
ORDER
This case is before the Court on the motion for substitution of party filed by
Nationwide Judgment Recovery, Inc. (Doc. 56). Nationwide Judgment Recovery, Inc.,
respectfully requests that this Court substitute Nationwide Judgment Recovery, Inc. as the
named Plaintiff in this matter in place of Matthew Orso, as Successor Trustee to Kenneth D.
Bell, in his capacity as Court Appointed Receiver for Rex Venture Group, LLC. Defendant
has not responded to the motion, and the time for responding has expired.
As the Court previously observed and has been established in the record, Nationwide
Judgment Recovery, Inc. is the party in interest under Rule 25 (c) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure. (Doc. 34). It is well settled that substitution is committed to the discretion of the
court. “Substitution under Rule 25(c) is purely a matter of convenience, and regardless of
whether substitution is ordered, the respective substantive rights of the transferor or the
transferee are not affected.” Barker v. Jackson Nat. Life Ins. Co., 163 F.R.D. 364, 365 (N.D. Fla.
1995).

Accordingly, the motion for substitution of party (Doc. 56) is GRANTED, and
Nationwide Judgment Recovery, Inc. shall be substituted as the named Plaintiff in this matter
in place of Matthew Orso, as Successor Trustee to Kenneth D. Bell, in his capacity as Court
Appointed Receiver for Rex Venture Group, LLC. The Clerk is directed to take all steps
necessary to effectuate the substitution of party on the docket.
DONE and ORDERED in Ocala, Florida on September 23, 2022.

Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record
Unrepresented Parties

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