ORDER APPOINTING RECEIVER JANET BOND ARTERTON , District Judge . Judgment was entered against the Defendant and Relief Defendants, holding Mr. Ahmed liable for disgorgement of $41,920,639 plus prejudgment interest of $1,491,064.01 and any interest or gains accrued on disgorged frozen assets from the date of the Court's freeze order, and a civil penalty of $21,000,000. (Amended Final J. [Doc. # 1054] at 4.) The judgment in this case has been stayed only insofar as no assets will be...
RULING AND ORDER ROBERT N. CHATIGNY , District Judge . Plaintiff Greta M. Stifel brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 against Berlin Police Department Officers Rich Schreiner and Donna Manning alleging gender-based discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. The complaint arises out of a domestic violence incident in which the plaintiff was charged with disorderly conduct and assault in the third degree, while her husband was charged only with disorderly conduct,...
RULING ON MOTIONS TO COMPEL RESPONSES RE: INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION DIRECTED TO RIKEL LIGHTNER (Docs. #87, #88, #89, #92, #93) SARAH A. L. MERRIAM , Magistrate Judge . Self-represented plaintiff James A. Harnage ("plaintiff") has filed five motions to compel, collectively seeking an order compelling defendant Rikel Lightner ("defendant" or "Lightner") to "respond to the Plaintiffs Interrogatories and Request For Production and perfect Defendant Lightner's Supplemental...
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION JEFFREY ALKER MEYER , District Judge . Plaintiff Steven Edelman has filed a pro se motion for reconsideration of the Court's order denying his post-judgment motion for relief. Doc. #376; Edelman v. Page, 2018 WL 3435065 (D. Conn. 2018). Courts do not grant motions for reconsideration absent a showing that a prior decision was clearly erroneous, overlooked controlling facts or law, or would otherwise result in manifest injustice unless subject to...
RULING RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT (DOC. NO. 99) JANET C. HALL , District Judge . Now appearing through appointed, pro bono counsel, the plaintiff has moved for leave to amend his Complaint in two principle respects. First, the plaintiff seeks to add certain correctional officers and the acting deputy warden as party defendants. Second, the plaintiff seeks to add a request for injunctive relief concerning the use of Behavioral Observation Status in connection with the use...
RULING RE: PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL RE-OPENING OF DISCOVERY (DOC. NO. 100) JANET C. HALL , District Judge . The plaintiff, now appearance through appointed, pro bono counsel, has moved for partial reopening of discovery and seeks to take five depositions and obtain certain discovery of documents and material things. The defendants oppose all of the discovery sought. The court grants the plaintiff's Motion in part. The court will permit the deposition of Marie Benuoto, concerning...
RULING AND ORDER ROBERT N. CHATIGNY , District Judge . Gordon Lauria has moved under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) to reopen this habeas case, which seeks relief from a 35-year sentence imposed by Judge Dorsey in 1998. The government opposes the motion on the grounds that it constitutes a second or successive motion for which authorization has not been obtained from the Court of Appeals, as required by 28 U.S.C. 2255(h), and fails to satisfy the requirements for obtaining relief...
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION RE: MOTION TO COMPEL (#s 47) AND MOTION FOR SANCTIONS (# 59) KARI A. DOOLEY , District Judge . Statement of Case On December 18, 2017, the plaintiff, Charles C. Williams, a prisoner in the custody of the Connecticut Department of Correction ("DOC"), filed a complaint pro se under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the city of Hartford, Hartford Police Detective Cheryl Gogins, and DOC Correction Officer Nancy Quiros. Compl. (DE#1). He filed an amended complaint on July 9,...
ORDER REGARDING LEAVE TO SERVE THIRD PARTY SUBPOENA PRIOR TO A RULE 26(f) CONFERENCE STEFAN R. UNDERHILL , District Judge . Plaintiff, Strike 3 Holdings, LLC, alleges that defendant John Doe, identified only by his IP address, committed copyright infringement by distributing plaintiff's adult films using BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file distribution network. Doc. #1. Plaintiff moved pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d)(1) for leave to serve a third-party subpoena on defendant's internet...
RULING ON RULE 41(D) MOTION AND MOTION TO DISMISS JANET BOND ARTERTON , District Judge . In this diversity action, Plaintiff Don Lombardo alleges that Defendants breached a joint venture agreement, or in the alternative, a partnership or independent contractor agreement, and seeks damages, an accounting, and other equitable relief, inter alia. Defendant R.L. Young, Inc. d/b/a Young & Associates ("YA") has moved under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(d) for costs incurred with Plaintiff's prior action...
RULING ON THE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REVERSE AND THE DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONER MICHAEL P. SHEA , District Judge . In this appeal from the Social Security Commission's denial of benefits, plaintiff Rebecca L. Bellinger argues that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) erred because he (1) did not consider the weekly infusions required to treat Bellinger's anemia in assessing the severity of that condition or in evaluating her residual functional capacity (...
RULING ON PENDING MOTIONS VICTOR A. BOLDEN , District Judge . Marco Michalski ("Plaintiff"), currently incarcerated at Osborn Correctional Institution, and proceeding pro se, has sued Dr. Ricardo Ruiz and Dr. Samuel Berkowitz ("Defendants") under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Mr. Michalski allegedly suffers from foot conditions, including club feet and flat feet, and claims that both defendants were deliberately indifferent to those conditions during his confinement at Cheshire Correctional...
ORDER OF TRANSFER VANESSA L. BRYANT , District Judge . Plaintiff Catherine Mullane brings this action against Defendant Midland Mortgage for claims regarding property in Felton, Delaware. [Dkt. 1 (Complaint), at 6]. Plaintiff is a resident of Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Dkt. 1-1 (Civil Cover Sheet)]. Defendant represents that's principal base of business is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [Dkt. 24 (Memo. in Support of Mot. to Dismiss), at 13]. Plaintiff alleges that on or about March 18,...
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION WARREN W. EGINTON , Senior District Judge . Plaintiffs Stephen Kennedy and Alicia Carson, veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan respectively, filed this action pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") and the Fifth Amendment due process clause, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated persons. Specifically, plaintiffs seek a class-wide injunction ordering the Army Discharge Review Board ("ADRB")...
RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO PRECLUDE SEC BRIEF JANET BOND ARTERTON , District Judge . The parties' responses to the November 28 hearing were due by 5:00 p.m. on December 14, 2018. ( See Tr. of November 28 Hearing [Doc. @ 1043] at 138:16-21; Scheduling Order [Doc. # 1044].) The Relief Defendants' response [Doc. # 1056] was filed at 4:10 p.m. on December 14, and Mr. Ahmed's response [Doc. # 1057] was filed at 4:13 p.m. on that day. The SEC's response [Doc. # 1059] was not filed until 7:...
RULING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS CHARLES S. HAIGHT, JR. , Senior District Judge . Pro se Plaintiffs Jesse Campbell and Lazale Ashby's consolidated action concerns conditions of their incarceration at Northern Correctional Institution ("Northern"). See Doc. 1 ("Ashby Compl.") and Complaint, Campbell v. Quiros, No. 3:17-cv-946 (CSH) (D. Conn. June 8, 2017), ECF No. 1 ("Campbell Compl."). The Defendants Angel Quiros, Scott Semple, William Mulligan, Warden Faneuff, Gregorio Robles,...
RULING ON DEFENDANT'S APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF A SUBPOENA AND REQUEST FOR HEARING VICTOR A. BOLDEN , District Judge . Alexander Pedraza ("Defendant") is charged by indictment with sex trafficking of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1591. On October 31, 2018, Mr. Pedraza moved for permission to issue a subpoena on the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families ("DCF") to produce records relating to the complaining witness in this case. Appl. for Issuance of a Subpoena and...
RULING RE: DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DOC. NO. 64) AND PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE (DOC. NO 70). JANET C. HALL , District Judge . The plaintiff, Melba C. Robinson ("Robinson"), brings this pro se employment discrimination action against the defendant, the State of Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles ("DMV"). Robinson "asserts claims pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. (`Title VII')," consisting of "claims for discrimination on the...
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION CONSTRUING CLAIMS VANESSA L. BRYANT , District Judge . I. Introduction Before the Court are the parties' proposed constructions of the claims at issue in this patent infringement case filed by Wiremold Co. ("Wiremold" or "Plaintiff") against Thomas & Betts Corp. ("T&B," "Thomas & Betts," or "Defendant") alleging T&B infringed Wiremold's patents for in-floor electrical outlet boxes known as "poke-through fittings" — U.S. Patent No. 7,183,503 ("the '503 Patent")...
RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS JANET BOND ARTERTON , District Judge . Pseudonymous Plaintiff John Doe brings suit against his former employer, New England Stair Company, Inc. ("NESCO"), for discriminatory treatment and discriminatory termination on the basis of his sexual orientation and disabilities (HIV-positive status and learning disability), under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq. and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq. Defendant's Motion to...
