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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Wrongful Death

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

LYNDON F. McCALL, Personal 

Representative of the 

Estate of Yvonne J. 

McCall, Deceased,

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 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:14cv588-MHT

) (WO)

SSC MONTGOMERY SOUTH HAVEN 

OPERATING COMPANY, LLC,

d/b/a South Haven Health 

and Rehabilitation Center, 

et al.,

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 Defendants. )

JUDGMENT

This matter is before the court on the parties’

joint stipulation of dismissal without prejudice. In 

this stipulation, the parties expressly and 

unequivocally agree to submit this case to binding 

arbitration.

However, in other respects the stipulation is 

unclear. On the one hand, the parties agree to the 

dismissal of this matter without prejudice, a result

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that would mean that the case is at an end in this 

court (albeit without prejudice) and closed 

permanently. On the other hand, the parties request

that the case be placed on the court’s administrative 

docket, a result that is usually reserved for cases 

that are not over but rather are simply stayed and 

closed “administratively” pending disposition of the 

matter in another forum or pending resolution of an

underlying and important issue in another forum.

Because of this ambiguity, the court has decided to 

take the latter, more conservative approach of simply 

staying the case and closing it administratively. Of 

course, if the court has chosen the wrong path, the 

parties can always ask for reconsideration.

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Accordingly, it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE 

of the court as follows:

(1) This case is stayed pending arbitration.

(2) All pending motions are denied his moot.

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(3) This case is closed administratively. This case 

will be reopened upon request of one or all of the 

parties.

DONE, this the 31st day of May, 2016.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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