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Ward v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division
Oct 30, 2006
Civil No. 3:05-0777 (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 30, 2006)

Summary

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Opinion

Civil No. 3:05-0777.

October 30, 2006


ORDER


On October 2, 2006, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation, recommending that the defendant's Motion to Dismiss be granted. (Docket No. 29) No timely objections have been filed. The Report and Recommendation is therefore ACCEPTED and made the findings of fact and conclusions of law of this court. For the reasons expressed therein, the defendant's Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 15) is GRANTED, and the original Complaint is DISMISSED.

Contained within the same Report and Recommendation is the Magistrate Judge's Order that the letter from the plaintiff, docketed as Docket No. 20, be termed as an Amended Complaint. (Docket No. 29 at 6) The Clerk has not yet complied with that Order of the Magistrate Judge and is hereby ORDERED that the Clerk shall change the docket notation for the letter that is Docket No. 20 so that it reads that Docket No. 20 is an Amended Complaint. The time for responding to the Amended Complaint shall run for the defendant from the date of entry of this Order.

This case is REFERRED back to the Magistrate Judge for further handling pursuant to the original referral Order.

It is so ORDERED.


Summaries of

Ward v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division
Oct 30, 2006
Civil No. 3:05-0777 (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 30, 2006)

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Case details for

Ward v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:BILLY JOE WARD, Plaintiff, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant

Court:United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division

Date published: Oct 30, 2006

Citations

Civil No. 3:05-0777 (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 30, 2006)

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