Johnson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al

Filing 12

ORDER granting 11 Motion to Add Proper Party Defendant, Dismiss Improper Parties and to Recast the Caption of the Complaint. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 1/27/16. (jlm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
STATESBORO DIVISION

SHERON JOHNSON,
Plaintiff,
v.

CIVIL ACTION
FILE NO. 6:17-cv-00003

WAL-MART STORES, INC. and
WAL-MART REALTY COMPANY,
Defendants.

ORDER TO ADD PROPER PARTY, DISMISS IMPROPER PARTIES AND TO
RECAST THE CAPTION OF THE COMPLAINT
Plaintiff and Defendants, having jointly moved the Court for an order under Fed. R. Civ.
P. 21 to add proper party Defendant WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP and dismiss WALMART STORES, INC. and WAL-MART REALTY COMPANY, and to recast the caption of the
Complaint; and the Court, having considered said motion, hereby GRANTS the parties’ motion
as submitted.
IT IS ORDERED that WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP is added as proper party
Defendant and WAL-MART STORES, INC. and WAL-MART REALTY COMPANY, are
dismissed without prejudice, and the caption of this Complaint will hereinafter be styled as:
SHERON JOHNSON, Plaintiff v. WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP, Defendant. It is further
ordered WAL-MART STORES EAST, LP shall be substituted each and every place WALMART STORES, INC. and/or WAL-MART REALTY COMPANY is named in Plaintiff’s

pleadings as if WAL-MART STORES, INC. and WAL-MART REALTY COMPANY had
never been named.
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IT IS SO ORDERED this ____ day of

January

, 2017.

_______________________________
Judge, United States District Court
Southern District of Georgia
Statesboro Division