RULING AND ORDER ON MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE REMAINING SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT WITH HOME CONFINEMENT Victor A. Bolden , United States District Judge . Paul Gileno ("Defendant") requests a modification of his sentence, to substitute the remainder of his imprisonment with home confinement. Mot., ECF No. 26 (Mar. 17, 2020) ("Def.'s Mot."). The Government opposes the Defendant's motion. Gov't Opp'n, ECF No. 27 (Mar. 17, 2020) ("Gov't Opp'n"). For the following reasons, the motion to reconsider...
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REMAND [13] AND DENYING THE COMMISSIONER'S MOTION TO AFFIRM [14] VANESSA L. BRYANT , District Judge . Annette C. Dorsey ("Ms. Dorsey" or the "Claimant" or the "Plaintiff") challenges the Commissioner of Social Security, now Andrew Saul's, 1 final decision to deny her Supplemental Security Income benefits. [Dkt. 13 (Pl. Mot. to Remand)]. Ms. Dorsey moves to reverse and remand the Commissioner's decision and argues that the...
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION JEFFREY ALKER MEYER , District Judge . Defendant Sprint Solutions, Inc. ("Sprint") moves for reconsideration of the Court's ruling that denied in part Sprint's motion for summary judgment. Doc. #117; Gorss Motels Inc. v. Sprint Commc'ns Co., L.P., 2020 WL 818970 (D. Conn. 2020). Sprint argues that the Court should give collateral estoppel effect to two prior decisions, Gorss Motels, Inc. v. Safemark Systems, LP, 931 F.3d 1094 (11th Cir. 2019),...
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS [ECF NO. 23] AND DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO AFFIRM [ECF NO. 27] KARI A. DOOLEY , District Judge . The Plaintiff, Andrea Grant ("Grant"), brings this administrative appeal pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 405(g). She appeals the decision of Defendant Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (the "Commissioner"), denying her application for disability insurance benefits ("DIB") pursuant to Title II of the...
RULING ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT JANET BOND ARTERTON , District Judge . Plaintiffs move for leave to amend the First Amended Complaint. (Mot. to Amend [Doc. # 21].) Defendant objects. (Def.'s Opp. [Doc. # 22].) For the reasons that follow, Plaintiff's motion is granted in part and denied in part. I. Background Plaintiffs filed the original Complaint in this action in March 2019 and the First Amended Complaint in May 2019. (First Am. Compl. [Doc. # 9].) The First Amended...
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS JEFFREY ALKER MEYER , District Judge . Plaintiff Mark Mohan has been employed by defendant UBS Financial Services, Inc. ("UBSFS") as a financial advisor since 2011. He filed this lawsuit pro se against UBSFS and UBS AG, claiming that UBSFS retaliated against him because of his protected whistleblowing and disability. Defendants now move to dismiss Mohan's claims or alternatively to stay this action, and to dismiss UBS AG. For the reasons set forth below,...
ORDER RE MOTIONS TO COMPEL ARBITRATION JEFFREY ALKER MEYER , District Judge . Angelina Andreoli alleges that her boss sexually harassed and assaulted her. She has filed this lawsuit against him as well as two companies that she claims jointly employed her. Both companies have filed motions to compel arbitration and to stay this action. I will grant one of the motions but deny the other. BACKGROUND Defendant Comcast Cable Communications Management LLC ("Comcast") is an affiliate of the...
ORDER on [69] Motion to Quash and Motion for a Protective Order VANESSA L. BRYANT , District Judge . The Court grants in part and denies in part Mr. Robert Owsiany's motion for a protective order and motion to quash. Preliminarily, Plaintiffs do not cite any support for their claim that Mr. Owsiany's motion is procedurally deficient, so the Court considers the motion on its merits. The Court must quash a subpoena which subjects a person to undue burden, Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(d)(3)(A), and...
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS JEFFREY ALKER MEYER , District Judge . This case involves claims arising from a very unfortunate injury and cognitive decline of an elderly resident while she resided at Sunrise Senior Living facility in Stamford, Connecticut. Following my denial of an earlier motion to dismiss, see Schachter v. Sunrise Senior Living Mgmt., Inc., 2019 WL 1014852 (D. Conn. 2019), plaintiffs have filed an amended complaint, and the defendants in...
RULING ON PENDING MOTIONS WILLIAM I. GARFINKEL , Magistrate Judge . This is an administrative appeal following the denial of the plaintiff, Angela M.H.V. Skibitcky's, application for Title II disability insurance benefits ("DIB") . It is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 405(g). 2 Plaintiff now moves for an order reversing the decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration ("the Commissioner"), or in the alternative, an order remanding this case for a rehearing. [Doc. #...
RULING AND ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS VICTOR A. BOLDEN , District Judge . Adam Quinn ("Plaintiff") has sued Chief Brian Gould and the City of Bristol (collectively, "Defendants"). Mr. Quinn alleges that the Defendants subjected him to a hostile work environment and retaliation, violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as well as the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses. He also alleges negligent supervision, intentional infliction of...
RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS OR TO COMPEL ARBITRATION Janet C. Hall , United States District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Caribe Billie 1 and Quincy Reeves ("plaintiffs") bring this action against the defendant, Coverall North America, Inc. ("CNA"), alleging that CNA has misclassified them as independent contractors and withheld portions of plaintiffs' wages, in violation of section 31-71e of the Connecticut General Statutes. See Compl. 37. Pending before the court...
RULING ON THE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REVERSE AND/OR REMAND AND THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER MICHAEL P. SHEA , District Judge . Plaintiff James G. Kavanaugh brings this action against the Commissioner of Social Security under 42 U.S.C. 405(g), challenging the denial of his application for Title II disability insurance benefits ("DIB"). The Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") determined that the plaintiff was not disabled within the meaning of the Social...
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF NO. 14) KARI A. DOOLEY , District Judge . Plaintiff Anita Watkins ("Plaintiff") brings this employment discrimination action against her employer, the City of Waterbury Board of Education ("Defendant" or "the Board"). She alleges discrimination on account of her race and ethnicity and retaliatory conduct as a result of her complaints regarding the same, in violation of both state and federal law. She also asserts a common...
RULING ON THE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REVERSE THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER AND ON THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. SPECTOR , Magistrate Judge . This action, filed under 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 405(g), seeks review of a final decision by the Commissioner of Social Security ["SSA" or "the Commissioner"] denying the plaintiff Social Security Disability Insurance ["SSDI"] and Supplemental Security Income ["SSI"] benefits....
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS MICHAEL P. SHEA , District Judge . Plaintiff Jane Doe, 1 an officer with Central Connecticut State University's ("CCSU") police department, brings this action against CCSU and other members of the department — Officer Curtis Lollar, Sergeant Ray Baez, Chief of Police Gregory Sneed, and Lieutenants Edward Dercole and Christopher Cervoni. Doe alleges sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq., Title IX, 20 U.S.C....
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON THE DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF NO. 95) AND PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT (ECF NO. 126) Kari A. Dooley , United States District Judge : This is a products liability action involving the Trulign Toric intraocular lens ("Trulign Lens" or "Trulign Lenses"). The Trulign Lenses, manufactured by Defendant Bausch & Lomb, Incorporated ("B & L") for the treatment of cataracts, are Class III medical devices approved for sale by the United States...
RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION (Doc. No. 41) JANET C. HALL , District Judge . I. INTRODUCTION On March 12, 2019, the plaintiff, SKM Restaurants ("SKM") commenced this action in the Connecticut Superior Court. Pl. LR 56(a)(2) (Doc. No. 38) 11. The defendant, James River Insurance Company ("James River"), subsequently removed the action to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on April 19, 2019. Id. 15. SKM then filed an Amended Complaint...
RULING ON PENDING MOTIONS ROBERT A. RICHARDSON , Magistrate Judge . George C. Knoll ("plaintiff") appeals the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security ("the Commissioner") pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 405(g). The Commissioner denied plaintiff's application for Social Security Disability Benefits in a decision dated October 4, 2018. Plaintiff timely appealed to this Court. Currently pending are plaintiff's motion for an order reversing and remanding his case for a hearing (Dkt. #14-...
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS, [ECF NO. 44] VANESSA L. BRYANT , District Judge . Before the Court is Defendant Enhanced Recovery Company, LLC's ("ERC") Motion for Sanctions. [ECF No. 44]. ERC moves for attorneys' fees and costs associated with defending this case because this action "was unreasonably filed and prosecuted against ERC in bad faith and for the purpose of harassing ERC into settling rather than defending this matter." [ECF No. 45 at 2]. For...
