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Parties Involved:
Shawn Brown
Plaintiff
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Associates Health and Welfare Plan
Defendant

Document Text:

See Doc. #10 (show cause order entered by the court on September 29, 2005). 1

See Blake v. Unionmutual Stock Life Ins. Co. Of Am., 906 F.2d 1525, 1526 (11th Cir. 2

1990) (following “overwhelming precedent” to find that a plaintiff is not entitled to a jury trial in

an action to recover benefits under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B)); Chilton v. Savannah Foods &

Indus., Inc., 814 F.2d 620, 623 (rejecting claim that a suit for benefits under § 1132(a)(1) should

be tried to a jury); Howard v. Parisian, Inc., 807 F.2d 1560, 1566-67 (11th Cir. 1987) (finding

the Eleventh Circuit’s position consistent with all circuits that have addressed the availability of a

jury trial under § 1132(a)(1)).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

SHAWN BROWN, individually and as )

mother and next friend of A.B., a minor, )

)

Plaintiffs, )

v. ) CASE NO. 3:05-cv-810-F

) (WO)

WAL-MART STORES, INC., )

ASSOCIATES HEALTH AND )

WELFARE PLAN, )

)

Defendant. )

 ORDER

This action is presently before the court on Defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,

Associates Health and Welfare Plan’s Motion to Strike (Doc. #9) the Plaintiffs’ demand for

trial by jury filed along with the Plaintiffs’ complaint on July 25, 2005 (Doc. #1). Although

Plaintiffs were given an opportunity to do so, they have filed no objection to the motion. 1

The Court has found adequate support for the motion and, accordingly, it is hereby 2

ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED.

DONE this 17 day of October, 2005. th

 /s/ Mark E. Fuller 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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