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Hoffman v. Jindal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
Feb 14, 2018
CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-796-SDD-EWD (M.D. La. Feb. 14, 2018)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-796-SDD-EWD

02-14-2018

JESSIE HOFFMAN, ET AL. v. BOBBY JINDAL, GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA, ET AL.


ORDER

Before the Court is a Motion to Intervene, filed by James Tyler. Tyler seeks to intervene in this suit pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a) & (b). Tyler asserts that counsel for Jessie Hoffman was contacted and has no objection to his intervention in this case. Additionally, the time period for opposing the Motion has passed and no party has submitted an opposition.

R. Doc. 219.

R. Doc. 219-1 at p. 2.

Id. at p. 3.

Pursuant to a prior Ruling and Order the undersigned granted Motions to Intervene filed by Todd Kelvin Wessinger, Daniel Irish and Shedran Williams under similar facts. The undersigned has also granted Motions to Intervene filed by Daniel Joseph Blank and Jarrell Neal based upon similar facts. For the same reasons as those set forth in the two prior Rulings and Orders, the Motion to Intervene filed by James Tyler is GRANTED.

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See, R. Doc. 210.

R. Docs. 201 and 210.

Magistrate judges may "hear and determine" non-dispositive pre-trial motions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). "A motion to intervene is considered a non-dispositive motion." Johnson v. Qualawash Holdings, LLC, Civ. A. No. 2:12CV-0885-PM-KK, 2013 WL 3050021, at *2 (W.D. La. June 17, 2013) (citing S.E.C. v. Koirnman, Civ. An. No. 3:04CV1803L, 2006 WL 148733, at *2 (N.D. Tex. Jan. 18, 2006)). See also, Stephens v. State Farm and Cas. Co., Civ. A. No. 07-2433, 2010 WL 1292719, at *3 (E.D. La. March 8, 2010) ("The portion of Road Home's motion seeking leave to intervene is a non-dispositive matter which I may address by order.").

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Intervenor's Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, filed by James Tyler, shall be filed into the record in this matter.

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Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on February 14, 2018.

/s/ _________

ERIN WILDER-DOOMES

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE


Summaries of

Hoffman v. Jindal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
Feb 14, 2018
CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-796-SDD-EWD (M.D. La. Feb. 14, 2018)
Case details for

Hoffman v. Jindal

Case Details

Full title:JESSIE HOFFMAN, ET AL. v. BOBBY JINDAL, GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA, ET AL.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: Feb 14, 2018

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-796-SDD-EWD (M.D. La. Feb. 14, 2018)