Adkins v. Morgan County Tennessee et al

Filing 34

ORDER granting 29 Motion to Amend/Correct. Signed by Magistrate Judge H Bruce Guyton on 7/11/17. (JBR)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
JAMES TRAVIS ADKINS,
Plaintiff,
v.
MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, et al.,

Defendants.

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No. 3:16-CV-525-HBG

ORDER
This case is before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), Rule 73(b) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the consent of the parties, for all further proceedings,
including entry of judgment [Doc. 17].
Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File a Second Amended Complaint
[Doc. 29]. Specifically, the Plaintiff requests to amend his Complaint to add as follows: (1)
Southern Health Partners, Inc., as a defendant; (2) to identify defendant Jane Doe No. 1 (“Nurse
Lisa”) as Lucinda Heidel, LPN, a current or former employee of Southern Health Partners, Inc.,;
and (3) a cause of action against Defendant Trevor Shadden for invasion of privacy/public
disclosure of private facts.

Further, the Plaintiff states that his amended Complaint more

specifically identifies the John Doe defendants. The Plaintiff states that the Motion is timely
pursuant to the Scheduling Order.

In support of his Motion, the Plaintiff attached the Second

Amended Complaint in accordance with Local Rule 15.1.
The Court finds that no party has responded in opposition to the Motion, and the time for
doing so has expired. See E.D. Tenn. L.R. 7.2 (“Failure to respond to a motion may be deemed a
waiver of any opposition to the relief sought.”). In addition, the Court finds that the Plaintiff’s

Motion is supported by good cause, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 15, and it complies with the Rules of this
Court, see E.D. Tenn. L.R. 15.1. Finally, the Court finds the Plaintiff’s Motion timely pursuant to
the Scheduling Order in this case. See [Doc. 20 at 6] (“If any party wishes to join one or more
additional parties or amend to add alleged tortfeasors, such joinder or amendment shall be made
on or before June 26, 2017.”). Accordingly, the Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File a Second
Amended Complaint [Doc. 29] is GRANTED. The Plaintiff SHALL FILE his Second Amended
Complaint [Doc. 29-1] as his operative pleading in CM/ECF on or before July 25, 2017.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
ENTER:

United States Magistrate Judge

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