Fields v. Ashford et al

Filing 67

ORDER (1) Granting Defendant UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company's Unopposed 60 Motion to Dismiss and (2) Granting UnitedHealtcare's Unopposed 61 Motion for Leave to File Medical Invoices Under Seal. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
ANGELA J. FIELDS,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 17-cv-11812
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
PIERRE OCTAVIUS ASHFORD, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER (1) GRANTING DEFENDANT UNITEDHEALTHCARE
INSURANCE COMPANY‘S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF
#60) AND 2) GRANTING UNITEDHEALTHCARE’S UNOPPOSED
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE MEDICAL
INVOICES UNDER SEAL (ECF #61)
This action arises of an automobile accident between Plaintiff Angela Fields
and Defendant Pierre Octavius Ashford. In Fields’ Complaint, she alleges that
Defendant Unitedhealthcare Insurance Company (“UIC”) has “wholly neglected and
unreasonably failed to pay for medical expenses and other benefits provided” to her
after the automobile accident with Ashford. (See Compl. at ¶¶ 37-44, ECF #1 at Pg.
ID 19-20.)
On June 29, 2018, UIC moved to dismiss Fields’ sole claim against it “due to
[Fields’] failure to exhaust her administrative remedies as required by ERISA, or

alternatively for the entry of judgment affirming the determination of benefits.”1 (See
ECF #60 at Pg. ID 1392.) Fields filed a response to the motion in which she “state[d]
that [she] concur[ed] [] with [UIC’s] motion.” (Id. at Pg. ID 1489.)
Accordingly, because Fields’ “concurs” with UIC’s motion, the Court hereby
GRANTS the motion and DISMISSES Fields’ claim against UIC (Count IV of her
Complaint).
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Dated: July 31, 2018
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on July 31, 2018, by electronic means and/or
ordinary mail.
s/ Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
[phone]

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UIC has also filed a motion for leave to file certain of Fields’ medical invoices
under seal. (See ECF #61.) Because the records contain Fields’ confidential health
information, the Court GRANTS UIC’s motion.

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