JONES v. GEICO CHOICE INSURANCE COMPANY ( 2022 )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ISIAH A. JONES, III, : Plaintiff : CIVIL ACTION v. : GEICO CHOICE INSURANCE : COMPANY, : Defendant : MICHAEL PURCELL, JR., : Plaintiff : v. : GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY, : Defendant : No. 22-558 ORDER AND NOW, this-27 TY day of July, 2022, upon consideration of Plaintiff Isiah Jones, III’s Complaint (Case No. 22-558, Doc. No. 1-1), Defendant GEICO Choice Insurance Company’s Motion to Dismiss (Case No. 22-558, Doc. No. 6), Mr. Jones’s Response in Opposition (Case No. 22-558, Doc. No. 9), GEICO’s Reply (Case No. 22-558, Doc. No. 12), Mr. Jones’s Sur-Reply (Case No. 22-558, Doc. No. 13), Plaintiff Michael Purcell, Jr.’s Complaint (Case No. 22-825, Doc. No. 1-1), Defendant GEICO Casualty Company’s Motion to Dismiss (Case No. 22-825, Doc. No. 7), Mr. Purcell’s Response in Opposition (Case No. 22-825, Doc. No. 8), GEICO’s Reply (Case No. 22-825, Doc. No. 11) and Mr. Purcell’s Sur-Reply (Case No. 22-825, Doc. No. 12) it is hereby ORDERED that: 1. GEICO’s Motions to Dismiss (Case No. 22-558, Doc. No. 6; Case No. 22-825, Doc. No. 7) are GRANTED; 2. Mr. Jones’s and Mr. Purcell’s Complaints (Case No. 22-558, Doc. No. 1-1; Case No. 22-825, Doc. No. 1-1) are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; and 3. Ifeither Mr. Jones or Mr. Purcell wishes to seek leave to amend his complaint, he must FILE a motion seeking leave to file an amended complaint within 30 days of this Order; after 30 days, this case will be dismissed for failure to prosecute.! BY THE COURT: burtli UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE '“'T]o request leave to amend a complaint, the plaintiff must submit a draft amended complaint to the court so that it can determine whether amendment would be futile.” Fletcher-Harlee Corp. v. Pote Concrete Contractors, Inc., 482 F.3d 247, 252 (3d Cir. 2007).