Opinion
Case No. 3:14-cv-454
04-11-2018
TRESSA SHERROD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. OFFICER SEAN WILLIAMS, et al., Defendants.
DECISION AND ENTRY RESERVING RULING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO SEVER CLAIMS AND FOR SEPARATE TRIALS (DOC. #117)
Defendants Officer Sean Williams, Sergeant David Darkow, Chief Dennis Evers and the City of Beavercreek (the "Beavercreek Defendants") have filed a Motion to Sever Claims and for Separate Trials, Doc. #117. Defendants Wal-Mart Stroes East, L.P. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (the "Wal-Mart Defendants"), have joined in that motion. Doc. #123. Plaintiffs have filed a memorandum in opposition, Doc. #124, and Defendants have filed a reply, Doc. #126.
It is the Court's intent to RESERVE RULING on the question of whether Plaintiffs' claims against the Beavercreek Defendants should be severed and tried separately from Plaintiffs' claims against the Wal-Mart Defendants, pending resolution of any summary judgment motions that might be filed. A ruling on these motions may moot Defendants' Motion to Sever Claims and for Separate Trials. Date: April 11, 2018
/s/_________
WALTER H. RICE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE