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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE :

INSURANCE COMPANY,

:

Plaintiff,

:

vs. CA 05-0412-C

:

JOHNSON HOMES OF 

MERIDIAN, INC. and :

MICHELLE HAMPTON,

:

Defendants.

JUDGMENT

In accordance with the memorandum opinion and order entered on this date, it is

hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that Michelle Hampton’s motion to

dismiss this declaratory judgment action for want of jurisdiction is DENIED; however, the

Court hereby GRANTS Hampton’s alternative motion to abstain from proceeding to a

judgment on the merits in this action in favor of the parallel proceeding in the Circuit Court

of Choctaw County, Alabama (Doc. 4). The Court further ORDERS, ADJUDGES and

DECREES that the instant declaratory judgment action be DISMISSED in favor of the

parallel state action presently pending in the Circuit Court of Choctaw County, 

Alabama.

DONE this the 24th day of October, 2005.

 /s/ WILLIAM E. CASSADY 

Case 1:05-cv-00412-C Document 13 Filed 10/24/05 Page 1 of 2
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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