Simmons v. Star Enters., Inc. of Morgan City

Full title: ANDREW SIMMONS v. STAR ENTERPRISES, INC. OF MORGAN CITY, ET AL.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION

Date published: Oct 4, 2016

CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-82 (W.D. La. Oct. 4, 2016)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-82

10-04-2016

ANDREW SIMMONS v. STAR ENTERPRISES, INC. OF MORGAN CITY, ET AL.

JUDGE DOHERTY

MAGISTRATE JUDGE HANNA MEMORANDUM RULING

Currently pending before the Court is a "Motion to Strike Jury Trial Requests" [Doc. 37], filed by defendants MISS KARLEY, INC. and HEATHER LYNN, INC. Pursuant to the motion, movants ask this Court to strike the requests for jury trial, and re-designate this matter as a bench trial.¹ [Doc. 37-1, p. 5] The motion is unopposed. [Doc. 38, Doc. 39, see also LR 7.5]

1 Requests for jury trial were made by the following defendants: Star Enterprises, Inc. of Morgan City, MISS KARLEY, INC., and HEATHER LYNN, INC. [Doc. 6, Doc. 9] Plaintiff has not requested a jury trial in this matter. [Doc. 1] --------

The motion to strike [Doc. 37], appearing to be well-founded in law and fact and being unopposed, is hereby GRANTED. Accordingly, this matter will be tried to the BENCH.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Lafayette, Louisiana this 4^th day of October, 2016.

/s/_________

REBECCA F. DOHERTY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE