MORGAN v. PFJ SOUTHEAST LLC et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
SONJA MORGAN,
Plaintiff,
v.
PFJ SOUTHEAST LLC,
PILOT TRAVEL CENTERS LLC,
ABC CORPORATIONS A–C, and
JOHN DOES 1–2,
Defendants.
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CASE NO:
7:24-cv-135-WLS
ORDER
On September 26, 2025, Defendant Pilot Travel Centers LLC (“Pilot”) filed a
Suggestion of Death of Plaintiff Sonja Morgan (Doc. 9) (“Suggestion”) indicating that Pilot
understood Plaintiff died on February 25, 2025. By Order (Doc. 10) entered October 2, 2025,
the Court ordered Plaintiff’s counsel to file a status report advising the Court whether
Plaintiff’s estate intends to proceed with this action. On December 1, 2025, Plaintiff’s counsel
filed a timely Status Report (Doc. 12) notifying the Court that he met with the family of
Plaintiff Sonja Morgan, deceased, and the family has agreed to move forward with establishing
an estate for Plaintiff, naming Plaintiffs daughter, April Williams, as the administrator.
Plaintiff’s counsel requests the family be given sixty days within which to establish the estate
and file a Motion to Substitute Party.
Accordingly, on or before Friday, January 30, 2026, Plaintiff’s estate may file a Motion
to Substitute Party. Failure to comply with this Order may result in the dismissal of this case
for failure to prosecute without further notice or proceeding.
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Further, Defendant Pilot Travel Centers LLC’s Motion to Compel Plaintiff’s Discovery
Responses and to Amend Scheduling Order (Doc. 8) shall continue to be held in abeyance
pending the filing of the Motion to Substitute Party or until further Order of the Court.
SO ORDERED, this 3rd day of December 2025.
/s/W. Louis Sands
W. LOUIS SANDS, SR. JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUR
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