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Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Linnear

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION
Sep 18, 2014
CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-0047 (W.D. La. Sep. 18, 2014)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-0047

09-18-2014

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. DARNELL LINNEAR, ET AL.


MAGISTRATE JUDGE HAYES

JUDGMENT

For the reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge previously filed herein, and after an independent review of the record, and noting the absence of written objections, and determining that the findings are correct under the applicable law;

IT IS ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation [Doc. 20] is ADOPTED; and that the motion to award attorney's fees and costs [Doc. 11] filed by Plaintiff-in-Interpleader Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. be GRANTED; and that Plaintiff-in-Interpleader be awarded fees and costs totaling $2,178.70.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED this 18 day of September 2014, Shreveport, Louisiana.

/s/_________

DONALD E. WALTER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Linnear

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION
Sep 18, 2014
CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-0047 (W.D. La. Sep. 18, 2014)
Case details for

Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Linnear

Case Details

Full title:METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. DARNELL LINNEAR, ET AL.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION

Date published: Sep 18, 2014

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-0047 (W.D. La. Sep. 18, 2014)

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