Hess v. Atlantic Marine Corps Communities, LLC

Filing 9

ORDER granting 6 Motion to Substitute Party. Response to order due by 2/18/2013. Counsel is reminded to read the order in its entirety for critical information and deadlines. Signed by US Magistrate Judge James E. Gates on 2/4/2013. (Edwards, S.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
7:13-CV-18-BO
NAOMI HESS,
Plaintiff,
v.
ATLANTIC MARINE CORPS
COMMUNITIES, LLC,
Defendant.

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ORDER

This case comes before the court on the consent motion (D.E. 6) filed by defendant
Atlantic Marine Corps Communities, LLC, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 21, to substitute
defendants. Specifically, Atlantic Marine Corps Communities, LLC moves to be dismissed with
prejudice and substituted with the purportedly proper defendants, Atlantic Marine Corps
Communities Property Management LLC and Winn Management Group LLC. Plaintiff Naomi
Hess does not oppose the motion.
It is therefore ORDERED as follows:
1.

The motion is ALLOWED on the terms set forth below;

2.

To effectuate the substitution of defendants, the parties shall file no later than 18

February 2013 a stipulation, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), dismissing all claims in
this action against Atlantic Marine Corps Communities, LLC;
3.

In addition, contemporaneously with the filing of the stipulation, plaintiff shall

file an amended complaint naming Atlantic Marine Corps Communities Property Management
LLC and Winn Management Group LLC as the only defendants in this action; and

application, the court is not able to determine whether defendant is entitled to appointment of
counsel. The appointment of counsel is therefore DENIED without prejudice to reconsideration of
such appointment after the filing of a new Financial Affidavit which contains the missing

4.

Following the filing of the amended complaint, the Clerk shall revise the caption

information.

to reflect the substitution of defendants.
This order shall be filed under seal.

SO ORDERED, this the 4th day of February 2013.
SO ORDERED, this 23rd day of May 2011.

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James E. Gates
United States Magistrate Judge

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