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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Ronald Hanson, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Desert Milk Transportation, Inc. Defined

Benefit Plan; Desert Milk

Transportation, Inc., Plan Administrator

of the Desert Milk Transportation, Inc.

Defined Benefit Plan; Janet L. Woods,

individually and as Trustee of the Desert

Milk Transportation, Inc. Defined

Benefit Plan,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-08-419-PHX-DGC

ORDER

Defendants have filed a motion for leave to file a third-party complaint pursuant to

Rule 14 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Dkt. #32. Plaintiff does not oppose the

motion. Dkt. #39.

Rule 14 allows a defending party to assert a third-party complaint against “a nonparty

who is or may be liable to it for all or part of the claim against it.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 14(a)(1).

Defendants seek leave to file a third-party complaint against Matthews, Gold, Kennedy and

Snow, Inc. (“MGKS”) and Steve and Jane Doe Matthews. Dkt. #32. The proposed

complaint sufficiently alleges, for purposes of Rule 14, that MGKS and the Matthews may

be liable to Defendants for all or part of the claims asserted against them by Plaintiff.

Dkt. #34. The Court accordingly will grant Defendants’ motion.

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IT IS ORDERED:

1. Defendants’ motion for leave to file third-party complaint (Dkt. #32) is

granted.

2. The Clerk is directed to filed the lodged proposed third-party complaint

(Dkt. #34).

DATED this 5th day of September, 2008.

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