Unum Life Insurance Company of America v. Brookshire et al

Filing 45

ORDER: Defendants/Cross- Defendants Bryant Weaver, Donna Brookshire, and Jennifer Weaver are to submit any response to the Crossclaim no later than July 27, 2015. If these Defendants/Cross-Defendants do not submit a response by that date, they are advised that it may be recommended that they be placed in default. Defendants/Cross- Defendants are reminded that they are required to provide a copy of any answer to the Crossclaim that they file in this cour t to every other party in this case, and that they are required to attach a certificate of service to the answer they submit to this court for filing, certifying that the pleading was served on the other parties and how and when it was served. Signed by Magistrate Judge Kaymani D West on 6/29/2015. (mcot, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORENCE DIVISION
Unum Life Insurance Company of
America,
Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant,
v.
Donna Brookshire, Bryant Weaver,
Jennifer Weaver,
Defendants/Cross-Defendants,
and
S.W., a minor,
Defendant/Counter-Claimant/CrossClaimant.

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C/A No. 4:15-cv-1226-RBH-KDW

ORDER
Response Required from Pro Se
Defendants/Cross-Defendants

This case is before the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge because, along with an
Answer to the Complaint, the Guardian ad Litem (“GAL”) for the minor-child Defendant, S.W.,
filed a Crossclaim against the Defendants Brookshire, Bryant Weaver, and Jennifer Weaver
(“Defendants/Cross-Defendants) and a Counterclaim against Plaintiff. ECF No. 34. This Order
provides notice to the pro se Defendants/Cross-Defendants of the requirement that they submit an
answer to the Crossclaim if they want to contest the legal position asserted by the GAL on behalf of
the Cross-Claimant S.W., a minor.1
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(1)(B), parties are to file responsive pleadings
to counterclaims and crossclaims within 21 days after being served with same. The court finds good
cause to extend this deadline as to the pro se Defendants/Cross-Defendants Bryant Weaver, Donna
Brookshire, and Jennifer Weaver. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). Accordingly, Defendants/CrossDefendants Bryant Weaver, Donna Brookshire, and Jennifer Weaver are to submit any response to
the Crossclaim no later than July 27, 2015.

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 Plaintiff has filed its Answer to the Counterclaim. ECF No. 35. 

If these Defendants/Cross-Defendants do not submit a response by that date, they are
advised that it may be recommended that they be placed in default. Defendants/CrossDefendants are reminded that they are required to provide a copy of any answer to the Crossclaim
that they file in this court to every other party in this case, and that they are required to attach a
certificate of service to the answer they submit to this court for filing, certifying that the pleading
was served on the other parties and how and when it was served.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

June 29, 2015
Florence, South Carolina

Kaymani D. West
United States Magistrate Judge

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