Anderson et al v. Murphy-Brown, LLC

Filing 199

ORDER granting 198 Motion to Substitute Party. Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones, Jr. on 3/16/2021. (Herrmann, L.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 7:14-CV-183-BR
EUNICE ANDERSON, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

v.
MURPHY-BROWN, LLC,
Defendant.

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ORDER ON MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE PARTY
This matter comes before the undersigned on the motion of the movant, Earnestine Phillips,
as Court-appointed General Guardian of Mae Mazyck, requesting that she be substituted as
Plaintiff.
The Court notes that pursuant to Rule 25(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if a
party becomes incompetent, the Court may, on motion, permit the action to be continued by the
party ' s representative.
The Movant has filed documents reflecting that the C lerk of Superior Court of Pender
County duly appointed Ms . Phillips as the General Guardian for her mother, Mae Mazyck. The
Court notes that counsel for the Defendant has consented to the motion .
Wherefore, the Court hereby grants the motion and orders that for purposes of the caption,
and the claim for Mae Mazyck, the caption shou ld be modified to substitute for the Plaintiff Mae
Mazyck, the following: " Earnestine Phillips, as General Guardian of Mae Mazyck."
SO ORDERED, this 16th day of March 2021.

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