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McDOWELL v. MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC.

No. 08 C 2966.

645 F.Supp.2d 690 (2009)

Carlton McDOWELL, Sarah Nyamuswa, Theron Cyrus, and Lanta Evans, Plaintiffs, v. MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

August 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Debra Friedman, Suzanne E. Bish, Stowell & Friedman, Ltd., Jennifer Schoen Gilbert, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Barry A. Hartstein, Andrew Lylburn Scroggins, Morgan Lewis Bockius, Chicago, IL, Amber L. Kagan, Edward Cerasia, II, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

CHARLES R. NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.'s ("Morgan Stanley") motion to strike Plaintiffs' second amended complaint or, in the alternative, to sever Plaintiffs' claims pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 21 for misjoinder. For the following reasons, the motion to strike the second amended complaint is denied, while the motion to sever Plaintiffs' claims is granted.

I. BACKGROUND

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