Fagan et al v Unitrin Auto and Home Ins Co

Filing 16

ORDER STRIKING re 12 Miscellaneous Filing filed by Unitrin Auto and Home Insurance Company. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell on 12/8/08. (jhg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA BRYSON CITY DIVISION 2:08cv29 PAUL FAGAN; and EVELYN FAGAN, Plaintiffs, Vs. UNITRIN AUTO AND HOME INSURANCE COMPANY d/b/a Kemper, a Unitrin Business, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Vs. ICA, INC., Third-Party Defendant. _______________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the court on defendant's second Motion to File a Third Party Complaint (#12). This pleading appears to have been filed in error and is duplicative of pleading #13. (The court has considered #13 as the substantive motion inasmuch as it was later filed, but it does not include the proposed third-party complaint.) Counsel for defendant also appears to be filing scanned pleadings rather than pleadings that have been converted into electronic documents. While such practice

is permissible, it creates a document that is electronically unusable as it can neither be searched nor may passages be electronically copied.

ORDER IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that defendant's Motion to File a Third Party Complaint (#12) is STRICKEN.

Signed: December 8, 2008