JAMES A. BEATY, Jr., District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on a Memorandum Opinion, Order, and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge recommending that the Motion to Dismiss [Doc. #21] filed by Defendant Key Health Medical Solutions, Inc. ("Defendant") be denied. The Magistrate Judge also ordered that the Motion for Class Certification [Doc. #23] filed by Lisa Gail Thompkins and Harvey Sanford Boone, III (collectively "Plaintiffs") be stayed and that all proceedings in this matter be stayed pending final adjudication of the class action in
The Recommendation was filed on March 23, 2015, and notice was served on the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). On April 9, 2015, Defendant filed timely Objections, to which Plaintiffs filed a response on April 27, 2015. The Court has now reviewed
Insomuch as the Objections address the Magistrate Judge's ruling concerning Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, the Court finds that those particular Objections do not change the substance of the United States Magistrate Judge's ruling on the Motion to Dismiss. The Magistrate Judge's Recommendation [Doc. #64] as to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss is therefore affirmed and adopted. Furthermore, to the extent that the Defendant objects to the Magistrate Judge's rulings concerning Plaintiffs' Request for Judicial Notice and for Leave to Submit New Evidence in Support of the Motion for Class Certification and Defendant's Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Disclosure of New Matters, the Court finds such objections to be without merit. Accordingly, the Magistrate Judge's Order [Doc. #64] as to Plaintiffs' Request for Judicial Notice and for Leave to Submit New Evidence in Support of the Motion for Class Certification and Defendant's Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Disclosure of New Matters is affirmed and adopted. Also, to the Court notes that Defendant did not object to the Magistrate Judge's Order [Doc. #64] on Defendant's Request for Judicial Notice. The Court finds no clear error in such ruling, and therefore affirms and adopts the Magistrate Judge's Order concerning Defendant's Request for Judicial Notice.
However, in light of Defendant indicating that a final adjudication of
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [Doc. #21] is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant's Request for Judicial Notice [Doc. #28] is GRANTED, that Plaintiffs' Request for Judicial Notice and for Leave to Submit New Evidence in Support of the Motion for Class Certification
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certification [Doc. #23] and the decision to stay all proceedings in this matter are RESUBMITTED to the Magistrate Judge for further consideration.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion for Oral Argument on Class Certification [Doc. #61] is also RESUBMITTED to the Magistrate Judge for further consideration should the Magistrate Judge consider it necessary.