Smith et al v. Liberty Life Insurance Company

Filing 32

ORDER ADOPTING 28 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. ORDER that the records in question shall be released to the parties for review. FURTHER ORDER that the records be filed into the record under seal, as stated herein. Signed by Judge Susie Morgan on 11/28/12. (tsf) (Additional attachment(s) added on 11/28/2012: # 1 SEALED Records Part 1, # 4 SEALED Records Part 2) (tsf).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
STACEY A. SMITH, et al.,
Plaintiffs

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

No. 11-3171

LIBERTY LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
Defendant

SECTION “E”
ORDER

Before the Court is a Report and Recommendations issued by Magistrate Judge
Knowles on November 16, 2012.1 On November 26, 2012, defendant filed a notice with the
Court that it does not object to Judge Knowles’ Report and Recommendations,2 and
plaintiffs represented to the Court that they do not object to the Report and
Recommendations that same day. The Court, having considered the complaint, the record,
the applicable law, Judge Knowles’ Report and Recommendations, and the lack of
objections to that Report and Recommendations, hereby approves Judge Knowles’ Report
and Recommendation and adopts it as its opinion in this matter.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the records in question shall be released to the
parties for review in conjunction with defendant’s motion for summary judgment.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the records be filed into the record of this
matter UNDER SEAL. Counsel of record will be able to access these records via CM/ECF.
In light of the release of these records, defendant shall file, if necessary, any amendment or
supplement to its motion for summary judgment no later than 5:00 p.m. on November

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R. Doc. 28.

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R. Doc. 29.

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29, 2012. Plaintiffs will then have an opportunity to respond to any amendment or
supplement filed by defendant, or to otherwise amend or supplement their opposition to
defendant’s motion for summary judgment, no later than 5:00 p.m. on December 3,
2012.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 28th day of November, 2012.
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SUSIE MORGAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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