West Coast Productions, Inc. v. Does 1-27

Filing 13

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Court's Memorandum and Order of November 8, 2012 10 is modified and the motion for appointment of counsel and motion to sever 9 filed by a certain non-party Doe is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER OR DERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Strike a Certain Non-Party Doe's Motion for Ad Litem Counsel For Defendants 11 is DENIED and the filing shall remain a part of the record. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any further pleadings filed in this matter on behalf of a non-party will be considered by the Court only after a proper motion to intervene has been filed pursuant to Rule 24, Fed.R.Civ.P. Signed by District Judge John A. Ross on 11/15/12. (LAH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

WEST COAST PRODUCTIONS, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
DOES 1-27,
Defendants.

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No. 4:12-CV-1874-JAR

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike a Certain Non-Party Doe’s
Motion for Ad Litem Counsel For Defendants Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 12(f) [ECF No. 11].
As grounds for the motion, Plaintiff states the motion for ad litem counsel was made by an
anonymous John Doe who is neither a party to this action nor an attorney representing any of the
27 Doe defendants in this Court. Moreover, the non-party movant did not follow interventional
procedures pursuant to Rule 24, Fed.R.Civ.P. Upon consideration,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Court’s Memorandum and Order of November 8,
2012 [10] is modified and the motion for appointment of counsel and motion to sever [9] filed by
a certain non-party Doe is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike a Certain Non-Party
Doe’s Motion for Ad Litem Counsel For Defendants [11] is DENIED and the filing shall remain
a part of the record.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any further pleadings filed in this matter on behalf of
a non-party will be considered by the Court only after a proper motion to intervene has been
filed pursuant to Rule 24, Fed.R.Civ.P.

Dated this 15th day of November, 2012.

JOHN A. ROSS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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