Thompson v. Southgate Apartments, LLC, et al.

Filing 30

MEMORANDUM ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE for 28 Report and Recommendations. Defendant HLC Southgate, LLC's Motion to Dismiss, or in the alternative, Motion for a More Definite Statement (Dkt. #7) i s DENIED; that the Cope Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. #8) is DENIED; and that Defendants' Joint Motion to Stay (Dkt. #13) is DENIED AS MOOT. It is further ORDERED that any request for relief not addressed by the Report (Dkt. #28) is DENIED AS MOOT. Signed by District Judge Sean D. Jordan on 9/25/2024. (dlw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SHERMAN DIVISION
GEONNA THOMPSON,
Plaintiff,
v.
SOUTHGATE APARTMENTS, LLC
et al.,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:23-CV-00970SDJ-AGD

MEMORANDUM ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Came on for consideration the Report and Recommendation of the United
States Magistrate Judge (“Report”), this Motion having been referred to the
Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636. On September 9, 2024, the Report of
the Magistrate Judge, (Dkt. #28), was entered containing proposed findings of fact
and recommendation that Defendant HLC Southgate, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss, or in
the alternative, Motion for a More Definite Statement (Dkt. #7) be denied; that the
Defendants Cope Equities, LLC, Billy Peck Construction, LLC, and Southgate
Apartments, LLC’s (the “Cope Defendants”) Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. #8) be denied;
and that Defendants’ Joint Motion to Stay (Dkt. #13) be denied as moot.
On September 23, 2024, the Cope Defendants filed timely objections to the
Report (Dkt. #29). The Court has conducted a de novo review of the Cope Defendants’
objections and the portions of the Report to which the Cope Defendants specifically
object. Having done so, the Court is of the opinion that the findings of the Magistrate

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Judge are correct and adopts the Magistrate Judge’s Report as the findings of the
Court.
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It is therefore ORDERED that Defendant HLC Southgate, LLC’s Motion to
Dismiss, or in the alternative, Motion for a More Definite Statement (Dkt. #7) is
DENIED; that the Cope Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. #8) is DENIED; and
that Defendants’ Joint Motion to Stay (Dkt. #13) is DENIED AS MOOT.
It is further ORDERED that any request for relief not addressed by the Report
(Dkt. #28) is DENIED AS MOOT.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 25th day of September, 2024.

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SEAN D. JORDAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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