Hadley v. Duke Energy Progress, Inc.

Filing 22

ORDER granting 20 Joint MOTION to Designate Lead Case - Upon consideration of the motion filed by the parties for an order designating No. 5:14-cv-00229-D as the lead case in this consolidated action, it appears that good cause exists for design ating No. 5:14-cv-00229-D as the lead case. Accordingly, No. 5:14-cv-00229-D is hereby designated as the lead case. All future filings shall be filed in No. 5:14-cv-00229-D and shall include the captions for both actions. Until further order of the Court, documents filed in the lead case, No. 5: 14-cv-00229-D, shall be deemed to have also been filed in No. 5:14-cv-00387-D. Signed by Chief Judge James C. Dever III on 8/21/2014. (Tripp, S.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
NO. 5:14-cv-00229-D
TIMOTHY S. HADLEY,

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Plaintiff,

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DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC.,
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT
COMPANY, PROGRESS ENERGY
CAROLINAS, INC., PROGRESS
ENERGY, INC., PROGRESS ENERGY
SERVICE COMPANY, LLC, PROGRESS
VENTURES, INC., DUKE ENERGY
CORPORATION, and DUKE ENERGY
CAROLINAS, LLC,

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Defendants.

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NO. 5:14-cv-00387-D
TIMOTHY S. HADLEY,
Plaintiff,
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DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, INC.,
CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT
COMPANY, PROGRESS ENERGY
CAROLINAS, INC., PROGRESS
ENERGY, INC., PROGRESS ENERGY
SERVICE COMPANY, LLC, PROGRESS
VENTURES, INC., DUKE ENERGY
CORPORATION, DUKE ENERGY
CAROLINAS, LLC, GLENDA SUE
HARDISON individually and as an
employee of aforementioned organizations,
RICHARD MONTGOMERY individually
and as an employee of aforementioned
organizations, EUGENE SIMMONS
individually and as an employee of
aforementioned organizations, and NADINE

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KLOECKER-DUNN individually and as an
employee of aforementioned organizations,

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Defendants.

ORDER DESIGNATING LEAD CASE
This matter came before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion to Designate Lead Case.
Upon consideration of the motion filed by the parties for an order designating No. 5: 14-cv-00229-D
as the lead case in this consolidated action, it appears that good cause exists for designating No.
5:14-cv-00229-D as the lead case. Accordingly, No. 5:14-cv-00229-D is hereby designated as the
lead case. All future filings shall be filed in No. 5: 14-cv-00229-D and shall include the captions for
both actions. Until further order of the Court, documents filed in the lead case, No. 5: 14-cv-00229D, shall be deemed to have also been filed in No. 5:14-cv-00387-D.
SO ORDERED, this the 2.1 day of August, 2014.

Chief United States District Judge

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