Mountain Laurel Assurance Company v. Williams et al

Filing 30

ORDER adopting 27 Report and Recommendations. The Court finds that the unopposed Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Ball should be adopted as the opinion of the Court. This action is dismissed without prejudice. A judgment will be entered in a separate docket entry to follow. Signed by District Judge Daniel P. Jordan, III on January 21, 2016. (SP)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
NORTHERN DIVISION
MOUNTAIN LAUREL ASSURANCE COMPANY
V.

PLAINTIFF
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:15CV33 DPJ-FKB

DAPHNE WILLIAMS, ET AL.

DEFENDANTS
ORDER

This cause is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation [27] of Magistrate
Judge F. Keith Ball, recommending dismissal of this action for lack of subject-matter
jurisdiction. Plaintiff has not filed an Objection, and the time to do so has passed.1
Accordingly, the Court finds that the unopposed Report and Recommendation [27] of
Magistrate Judge Ball should be adopted as the opinion of the Court. This action is dismissed
without prejudice.
A separate judgment will be entered in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
58.
SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED this the 21st day of January, 2016.
s/ Daniel P. Jordan III
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

The Court notes that an Order to Show Cause was entered in a related case,
Progressive Gulf Insurance Co. and Mountain Laurel Assurance Co. v. Oscar Perkins, et al.,
3:14CV690 DPJ-LRA. There, Plaintiffs conceded to dismissal without prejudice for lack of
subject-matter jurisdiction.