Church v. Home Fashions International, LLC

Filing 10

ORDER granting 9 Motion to Join Party. Ken E. Church Enterprises, LLC shall be hereby joined as a Plaintiff. Signed by Magistrate Judge David Keesler on 4/15/11. (smj)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
CASE NO.: 5:10-CV-133-DCK

KEN E. CHURCH,
Plaintiff,
v.
ORDER
HOME FASHIONS INTERNATIONAL,
LLC,
Defendant.

THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE COURT on the “Motion To Join Necessary Party
Or, In The Alternative, A Permissive Party” (Document No. 9) filed April 15, 2011. The parties
have consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), and immediate
review is appropriate. Having carefully considered the motion, and it appearing to the Court that
Defendant Home Fashions International, LLC consents to the joinder of Ken E. Church
Enterprises, LLC as a plaintiff in this matter and to conforming the pleadings as set forth herein,
the undersigned will grant the motion.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Ken E. Church Enterprises, LLC shall be, and
hereby is, joined as a Plaintiff in this matter and the pleadings are conformed such that the
claims asserted by plaintiff Ken Church shall hereafter be asserted by both Ken E. Church and
Ken E. Church Enterprises, LLC, and all answers and defenses made by Defendant to any claim
asserted by Plaintiff Ken E. Church shall hereafter be made by Defendant to any claim asserted
by Ken Church and Ken E. Church Enterprises, LLC, and no further answer shall be required.

SO ORDERED.

Signed: April 15, 2011