PCH Mutual Insurance Company v. Shady Lane Care, Inc. et al

Filing 20

ORDERED that Plaintiff shall, within fourteen days from the date this Order is served, show why the Court should not administratively close this case without prejudice to the right of any party with standing to reopen it. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 8/28/2015. (loh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
PCH MUTUAL INSURANCE Co.,
Plaintiff,

SHADY LANE PERSONAL CARE
HOME, INC.; ROSETTA MORRIS;
HERMAN MORRIS; SHADY LANE
PCH; and CHRISTOPHER GALL,
Individually and as Personal
Representative of the Estate of Jeremy
Edward Gall,

Case No. CV415-088

Defendants.
[s)OJI

Over five months ago, this declaratory judgment action arrived via
transfer from the Northern District of Georgia. Docs. 5 & 6. Since then,
with the exception of an answer by defendant Christopher Gall and two

pro hac vice motions filed in April and May, 2015, docs. 13, 16 & 18, this
case has sat inactive on the Court's docket. The bankruptcy of
defendants Rosetta and Herman Morris may explain the inactivity. See

In re Morris, No. 15-40437 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 2015) (filed thirteen days
after this case).

Cases, however, cannot calcify on this Court's docket. Plaintiff
therefore shall, within fourteen days from the date this Order is served,
show why the Court should not administratively close this case without
prejudice to the right of any party with standing to reopen it.

See, e.g.,

In re Heritage Sw. Med. Grp. PA, 464 F. Appx 285, 287 (5th Cir. 2012)
("[A]dministrative closure does not have any effect on the rights of the
parties and is simply a docket-management device.").
SO ORDERED, this,27 y of August, 2015.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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