Legal Opinion
Eckert v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 14, 2005No. 03 CV 2183(ADS)(ARL)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
Presently before the Court is a motion pursuant to Rules 21 and 23(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Fed. R. Civ.P.”) by the plaintiff John Eckert (“Eckert” or the “plaintiff’) to withdraw as named plaintiff and proposed class representative in this case. Simultaneously, Melinda Cerra (“Cerra”), an unnamed plaintiff in this proposed class action, is moving pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 21, 23(d)(2), 24(a), and 24(b) to intervene as named plaintiff and proposed class representative.
I. BACKGROUND
This case involves an action by Eckert,…
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