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Hof v. Nye County, 2:18-cv-01050-RFB-GWF. (2018)

Court: District Court, D. Nevada Number: infdco20181231969 Visitors: 9
Filed: Dec. 28, 2018
Latest Update: Dec. 28, 2018
Summary: ORDER GEORGE FOLEY, JR. , Magistrate Judge . This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion to Substitute Party (ECF No. 22), filed on December 12, 2018 and Plaintiff's Motion for Hearing (ECF No. 24), filed on December 13, 2018. Defendants Nye County, Nye County Board of Commissioners, Angela Bello, Dan Schinhofen, Timothy Sutton, Nye County Sheriff's Office, and Sharon Wehrly filed their Non-Opposition (ECF No. 25) on December 21, 2018. On October 16, 2018, Plaintiff Dennis Hof di
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ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion to Substitute Party (ECF No. 22), filed on December 12, 2018 and Plaintiff's Motion for Hearing (ECF No. 24), filed on December 13, 2018. Defendants Nye County, Nye County Board of Commissioners, Angela Bello, Dan Schinhofen, Timothy Sutton, Nye County Sheriff's Office, and Sharon Wehrly filed their Non-Opposition (ECF No. 25) on December 21, 2018.

On October 16, 2018, Plaintiff Dennis Hof died. On October 17, 2018, Defendants filed their Suggestion of Death. See ECF No. 21. Plaintiffs' counsel indicates that Mr. Hof named Suzette Cole, Thomas Potter, and Mark Wray, as Trustees of Moundhouse — 2000 Trust ("Trustees") as the legal successors to his estate. Counsel for Plaintiff requests that the Trustees be substituted as the proper plaintiff in lieu of Mr. Hof. Further, the Trustees request that the Court issue a notice of hearing pursuant to Rule 25(a)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Defendants do not oppose the request for substitution and represent that they believe a hearing is not necessary.

Rule 25(a) authorizes the substitution of proper parties if a party dies and the claim is not extinguished. Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(a)(1). Any party or the decedent's successor or representative may make a motion for substitution. Id. If a motion for substitution is not made within ninety days after service of a statement noting the death, the action must be dismissed with respect to the decedent. Id. Defendants do not oppose Plaintiff's timely motion for substitution. The Court, therefore, grants Plaintiff's motion to substitute party and denies Plaintiff's motion for hearing. Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion to Substitute Party (ECF No. 22) is granted. Suzette Cole, Thomas Potter, and Mark Wray, as Trustees of Moundhouse — 2000 Trust, are substituted as the proper plaintiff in lieu of Dennis Hof.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Hearing (ECF No. 24) is denied, as moot.

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