UNUM Life Insurance Company of America v. Willis et al
Plaintiff: UNUM Life Insurance Company of America
Defendant: Michael Hughes, Express Funeral Funding, LLC, Virginia King, Trevor Willis, Marcia Adams and Sheila G. Willis
Case Number: 1:2019cv02719
Filed: October 23, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Presiding Judge: S Thomas Anderson
Referring Judge: Jon A York
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1335
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
December 19, 2019 Filing 12 SETTING LETTER: Scheduling Conference set for 1/9/2020 09:00 AM in Jackson Courtroom 1 before Chief Judge S. Thomas Anderson. (ejs)
December 9, 2019 Filing 11 Defendant Shelia G. Willis' ANSWER to #1 Complaint,, , CROSSCLAIM against Marcia Adams, Michael Hughes, Virginia King, Trevor Willis by Sheila G. Willis.(West, Matthew)
December 4, 2019 Filing 10 Notice of Correction to #8 Answer to Complaint, DE#8 . (Johnson, Harold)
December 3, 2019 Filing 9 DEFICIENCY NOTICE: Pursuant to Rule 5 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, document #8 Answer to Complaint, filed by Michael Hughes, Trevor Willis, Marcia Adams, Virginia King has been filed. However, the following deficiency has been found: Your Answer to Complaint appears to be a scanned document. For future reference, please flatten to PDF. By doing this, you would need to save your Word document to PDF and then file that PDF. However, in this case, you will need to refile the Answer due to the document having an ink signature. Your document needs an electronic signature, i.e. "s/Harold F. Johnson." Please refile this document using the event NOTICE OF CORRECTION and link your filing back to DE#8 . Please refer to the #ECF User Manual and #ECF Policies and Procedures. The filer has one business day to correct the deficiency. (mbm)
December 3, 2019 Filing 8 ANSWER to #1 Complaint,, by Marcia Adams, Michael Hughes, Virginia King, Trevor Willis. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit MDA, #2 Exhibit DIVORCE DECREE, #3 Exhibit BENEFICIARY FORM, #4 Exhibit BENEFICIARY FORM)(Johnson, Harold)
October 30, 2019 Filing 7 Summons Issued as to All Defendants. The filer has been notified electronically that the summons has been issued, and the new docket entry reflects this. Upon notification of the new docket entry, the filer is to print the issued summons in order to effect service. (Attachments: #1 Summons -Marcia Adams, #2 Summons -Michael Hughes, #3 Summons -Sheila Willis, #4 Summons -Trevor Willis, #5 Summons -Virginia King)(mbm)
October 29, 2019 Filing 6 NOTICE of Summons by James T. Williams on behalf of UNUM Life Insurance Company of America. (Attachments: #1 Summons Marcia Adams, #2 Summons Michael Hughes, #3 Summons Sheila Willis, #4 Summons Trevor Willis, #5 Summons Virgina King)(Williams, James)
October 24, 2019 Filing 4 NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CONSENT TO THE EXERCISE OF CIVIL JURISDICTION BY A MAGISTRATE JUDGE Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(c), Fed.R.Civ.P.73, and Local Rule 72.1, this Court has designated the Magistrate Judges of this District to conduct trials and otherwise dispose of any civil case that is filed in this Court. Your decision to consent, or not consent, to the referral of your case to a United States Magistrate Judge for trial and entry of a final judgment must be entirely voluntary. The judge or magistrate judge to whom the case has been assigned will not be informed of your decision unless all parties agree that the case may be referred to a magistrate judge for these specific purposes. A less than unanimous decision will not be communicated by this office to either the judge or magistrate judge. The consent form is available on the courts website at https://www.tnwd.uscourts.gov/forms-and-applications.php (jae)
October 24, 2019 Filing 3 NOTICE OF CASE TRACKING ASSIGNMENT PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 16.2: Pursuant to Local Rule 16.2, this case has been assigned to the Standard track. http://www.tnwd.uscourts.gov/pdf/content/LocalRules.pdf (jae)
October 24, 2019 NOTE to all parties: This case was incorrectly opened in the Western Division of the Western District. It willbe transferred to the Jackson office and the case number modified. Please take notice of the case number, as the only change in the number will be the divisional code at the beginning of the case number. (Ex:1:XX-cv-XXXX or 2:XX-cv-XXXX). The old case will be closed and will contain a case flag that it is closed. Particular attention should be used when selecting the case number during CM/ECF filing of future pleadings to ensure that you are filing in the correct (open) case. The new case number is 1:19-cv-2719. Please list the correct case number on all future pleadings. (jae)
October 23, 2019 Filing 5 Chief Judge S. Thomas Anderson and Magistrate Judge Jon A. York added. (jae) (cdi).
October 23, 2019 Filing 2 Corporate Disclosure Statement by UNUM Life Insurance Company of America. (Williams, James)
October 23, 2019 Filing 1 COMPLAINT IN INTERPLEADER against Marcia Adams, Express Funeral Funding, LLC, Michael Hughes, Virginia King, Sheila G. Willis, Trevor Willis (Filing fee $ 400 receipt number BTNWDC-3198471), filed by UNUM Life Insurance Company of America. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Exhibit Exhibit A Willis Policy Plan, #3 Exhibit Exhibit B Marital Dissolution Agreement, #4 Exhibit Exhibit C The Divorce Decree, #5 Exhibit Exhibit D January 19, 2013 Beneficiary Designation Form, #6 Exhibit Exhibit E July 9, 2017 Beneficiary Designation Form, #7 Exhibit Exhibit F Certificate of Death, #8 Exhibit Exhibit GNotice of Irrevocable Assignment)(Williams, James)

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Defendant: Michael Hughes
Represented By: Harold F. Johnson
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Defendant: Express Funeral Funding, LLC
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Defendant: Virginia King
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Defendant: Trevor Willis
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Defendant: Marcia Adams
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Defendant: Sheila G. Willis
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Plaintiff: UNUM Life Insurance Company of America
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