Coleman-Givens v. The Methodist Hospitals Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION DEBORAH COLEMAN-GIVENS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 2:20CV80-PPS ) THE METHODIST HOSPITALS, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER After the deadline for filing any potentially dispositive motions, the parties have filed a Joint Stipulation to Dismiss. [DE 54.] So far, so good. But the stipulation contains a troubling coda to language that would dismiss the case with prejudice, namely “this Court to retain jurisdiction for sixty days, if necessary, to enforce the terms of the parties’ settlement.” [Id.] The Seventh…