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Savoie v. Martin

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division
Dec 2, 2010
Case No. 3:10-0327 (M.D. Tenn. Dec. 2, 2010)

Summary

stating that Rule 31 affords mediators immunity for conduct undertaken in the course of Rule 31 ADR proceedings

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Opinion

Case No. 3:10-0327.

December 2, 2010


ORDER


For the reasons expressed in the accompanying Memorandum, the Renewed Motion of Stites Harbison, PLLC and James G. Martin, III as Mediator, to Dismiss (Docket No. 42), Defendant Celia Woolverton's Renewed Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Docket No. 44), and the Renewed Motion to Dismiss of Defendant Judge James G. Martin, III (Docket No. 45) are GRANTED and this case is hereby DISMISSED. This dismissal is on the merits except as to the state law claims against Stites Harbison — claims over which the court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction. Entry of this Order shall constitute the judgment in this case.

It is so ordered.

Enter this 2nd day of December 2010.


Summaries of

Savoie v. Martin

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division
Dec 2, 2010
Case No. 3:10-0327 (M.D. Tenn. Dec. 2, 2010)

stating that Rule 31 affords mediators immunity for conduct undertaken in the course of Rule 31 ADR proceedings

Summary of this case from Wilder v. Swann
Case details for

Savoie v. Martin

Case Details

Full title:CHRISTOPHER JOHN SAVOIE, et al. Plaintiffs, v. JUDGE JAMES G. MARTIN, III…

Court:United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division

Date published: Dec 2, 2010

Citations

Case No. 3:10-0327 (M.D. Tenn. Dec. 2, 2010)

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