Smith v. Healthcare Financial Services et al

Filing 32

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER adopting and incorporating the 31 Proposed Findings and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge; directing that the plaintiff's claims against HCFS Health Care Financial Services, LLC, are dismissed. Signed by Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. on 2/19/2019. (cc: counsel of record; United States Magistrate Judge) (taq)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
AT CHARLESTON
RECO D. SMITH,
Plaintiff,
v.

Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-00053

HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL SERVICES,
and CAMC PHYSICIANS GROUP,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
The court having received the Proposed Findings and
Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Dwane L.
Tinsley, entered on December 7, 2018; and the magistrate judge
having recommended that the court grant the motion filed by HCFS
Health Care Financial Services, LLC, for judgment on the
pleadings; and it appearing that the movant was improperly
served as if it were the similarly named defendant in this case;
and no objection having been filed to the Proposed Findings and
Recommendation, it is ORDERED that the findings made in the
Proposed Findings and Recommendation of the magistrate judge be,
and they hereby are, adopted by the court and incorporated
herein.

It is, accordingly, ORDERED that the plaintiff’s
claims against HCFS Health Care Financial Services, LLC, be and
they hereby are, dismissed.
The Clerk is directed to forward copies of this
written opinion and order to all counsel of record and the
United States Magistrate Judge.

DATED:

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February 19, 2019