Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Hill

Filing 98

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. Signed by District Judge Debra M. Brown on 7/31/17. Associated Cases: 4:15-cv-00166-DMB-JMV, 4:15-cv-00184-DMB-JMV (jtm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
GREENVILLE DIVISION
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
V.

PLAINTIFF

NO. 4:15-CV-00166-DMB-JMV

PURVIS WILLIAM HILL, JR.

DEFENDANT

CONSOLIDATED WITH
PURVIS WILLIAM HILL, JR.
V.

PLAINTIFF
NO. 4:15-CV-00184-DMB-JMV

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY; and JOHN
DOES 1–3

DEFENDANTS

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
On July 12, 2017, United States Magistrate Judge Jane M. Virden issued a Report and
Recommendation recommending that “Attorney Candace Williamson not be permitted to enter a
new appearance as counsel in any case in the Northern District of Mississippi for a 120-day
period from the date of entry of an order by the District Judge adopting this R&R.” Doc. #96 at
1.

Judge Virden’s recommendation is based on Williamson’s failure “to comply with

instructions of the court related to several proceedings in this [consolidated] matter ....” Id. at 6.
The Report and Recommendation was electronically served on Williamson, who is counsel of
record in this action. Williamson did not object to the Report and Recommendation within the
time allowed.
Where objections to a report and recommendation have been filed, a court must conduct a
“de novo review of those portions of the ... report and recommendation to which the [parties]

specifically raised objections. With respect to those portions of the report and recommendation to
which no objections were raised, the Court need only satisfy itself that there is no plain error on
the face of the record.” Gauthier v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 644 F.Supp.2d 824, 828 (E.D. Tex.
2009) (citing Douglass v. United Serv. Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1428–29 (5th Cir. 1996))
(internal citation omitted).
The Court has reviewed Judge Virden’s Report and Recommendation and has found no
plain error on the face of the record. Accordingly, the Report and Recommendation [96] is
ADOPTED as the order of the Court. Attorney Candace Williamson may not enter a new
appearance as counsel in any case in the Northern District for a 120-day period from the date of
entry of this order.
SO ORDERED, this 31st day of July, 2017.
/s/ Debra M. Brown
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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