The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America v. Hill et al

Filing 37

ORDER granting 32 Motion to Stay. The case is stayed pending disposition of all criminal matters against Defendant Marvin Antonio Hill arising out of or relating to the death of Louver M. Hill. Signed by District Judge Richard Voorhees on 11/24/14. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(smj)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:14-CV-36
THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.
MARVIN ANTONIO HILL, ANNETTE
REED BOLDEN, and ROBERT A.
MULLINAX, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE ESTATE OF LOUVER M. HILL,
Defendants.

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ORDER

BEFORE THE COURT is Annette Reed Bolden’s Motion to Stay (Doc. 32) to which
Robert Mullinax does not object. The Court finds that a stay is appropriate given the ongoing
criminal proceedings against Marvin Antonio Hill. A stay prevents the unnecessary expenditure
of resources by both the parties and the Court by allowing the slayer issue to potentially be
determined by the criminal proceeding. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am. v. Bynum, No. 5:11-CV-62FL, 2012 WL 555757, at *2 (E.D.N.C. Feb. 21, 2012) (granting stay while defendant appealed
his criminal conviction).
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED THAT
(1) Annette Reed Bolden’s Motion to Stay (Doc. 32) be GRANTED; and
(2) The case be stayed pending disposition of all criminal matters against Defendant
Marvin Antonio Hill arising out of or relating to the death of Louver M. Hill.
Signed: November 24, 2014