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Parties Involved:
Blackwell Towing
Defendant
Elizabeth Dial Jordan
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

ELIZABETH DIAL JORDAN, )

)

Plaintiff, )

)

vs. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-0522-CG-C

)

BLACKWELL TOWING, )

)

Defendant. )

ORDER DISMISSING FICTITIOUS PARTIES

The fictitious parties set out in plaintiff’s complaint are hereby STRICKEN 

because fictitious party pleading is not generally recognized under the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure. See, e.g., Fed.R.Civ.P. 10(a); 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a); Rommell 

v. Automobile Racing Club of America, Inc., 964 F.2d 1090, 1098 n. 14 (11th Cir. 

1992); Weeks v. Benton, 649 F.Supp. 1297, 1298 (S.D.Ala. 1986).1

DONE and ORDERED this 12th day of October, 2016.

/s/ Callie V. S. Granade 

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 1 Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs amendment of the 

pleadings should the plaintiff discover additional parties against whom she wishes

to assert claims. Plaintiff is further advised that the court allows a reasonable 

period of time to add parties and amend the pleadings once the discovery process 

begins.

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