REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION JAMES B. CLARK, III , Magistrate Judge . THIS MATTER comes before the Court on a Motion to Dismiss by Defendant Whirlpool Corporation ("Whirlpool" or "Defendant") pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) [Dkt. No. 294]. The named plaintiffs and class members who do not reside in New Jersey ("Plaintiffs") oppose Whirlpool's motion [Dkt. No. 295]. This Report and Recommendation is issued pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(B). For the reasons set forth...
REPORT & RECOMMENDATION LEDA DUNN WETTRE , Magistrate Judge . This matter having been opened by the Court sua sponte based on plaintiff's failure to comply with this Court's orders and prosecute his case; and plaintiff having failed to respond to the order to show cause issued by this Court on November 6, 2018; and for good cause shown; it is respectfully recommended that plaintiff's case be dismissed without prejudice. BACKGROUND On June 1, 2018, pro se plaintiff Tyreek Jacobs...
OPINION NOEL L. HILLMAN , District Judge . This case concerns claims against three investigators at the Camden County Prosecutor's Office ("CCPO") involved in an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by teachers at Triton Regional High School ("Triton"). Presently before this Court is Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, Plaintiff's opposition, Plaintiff's Motion to Seal, Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File a Sur-Reply, and Plaintiff's Amended Motion to Seal. For the...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MEMORANDUM ORDER MICHAEL A. SHIPP , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court upon Defendant Diversified Consultants, Inc.'s Motion to Dismiss. (ECF No. 5.) Pro se Plaintiff Kaseem R. Ricks ("Plaintiff") did not oppose the motion. The Court has carefully considered Defendant's submission and decides this matter without oral argument pursuant to Local Civil Rule 78.1. For the reasons set forth below, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss is granted. I....
NOT FOR PUBLICATION PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REMAND [D.E. 6] STEVEN C. MANNION , Magistrate Judge . REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Before the Court is Plaintiff First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation's ("First Guaranty") Motion to Remand. 1 Defendants Madge Kirkpatrick-Brooks and Omar A. Brooks (collectively, "the Brookses") oppose the motion. 2 The Honorable Susan D. Wigenton, United States District Judge, referred this motion to the undersigned for report and recommendation. 3 Having...
NOT FOR PUBLICATIONM OPINION JOHN MICHAEL VAZQUEZ , District Judge . This case concerns Defendant's allegedly improper appraisal of a property located in Moab, Utah. D.E. 1. Currently pending before this Court is a motion to dismiss or transfer, D.E. 10, filed by Defendant Valli D. Smouse d/b/a Smouse Appraisal Service. 1 Defendant seeks dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction, or in the alternative, transfer pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1631. The Court has reviewed the motion, the...
ORDER ANTHONY R. MAUTONE , Magistrate Judge . The financial ability of the defendant to retain counsel having been established by the Court, and the defendant not having waived the appointment of counsel, IT IS on this 6th day of December , 2018. ORDERED that the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of New Jersey is hereby appointed to represent said defendant in this cause until further Order of the Court.
ORDER ANTHONY R. MAUTONE , Magistrate Judge . The financial ability of the defendant to retain counsel having been established by the Court, and the defendant not having waived the appointment of counsel, IT IS on this 27th day of December , 2018. ORDERED that the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of New Jersey is hereby appointed to represent said defendant in this cause until further Order of the Court.
ORDER ANTHONY R. MAUTONE , Magistrate Judge . The financial ability of the defendant to retain counsel having been established by the Court, and the defendant not having waived the appointment of counsel, IT IS on this 6th day of December , 2018. ORDERED that the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of New Jersey is hereby appointed to represent said defendant in this cause until further Order of the Court.
ORDER ANTHONY R. MAUTONE , Magistrate Judge . The financial ability of the defendant to retain counsel having been established by the Court, and the defendant not having waived the appointment of counsel, IT IS on this 27th day of December , 2018. ORDERED that the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of New Jersey is hereby appointed to represent said defendant in this cause until further Order of the Court.
ORDER ANTHONY R. MAUTONE , Magistrate Judge . The financial ability of the defendant to retain counsel having been established by the Court, and the defendant not having waived the appointment of counsel, IT IS on this 20 th day of December , 2018. ORDERED that the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of New Jersey is hereby appointed to represent said defendant in this cause until further Order of the Court.
ORDER ANTHONY R. MAUTONE , Magistrate Judge . The financial ability of the defendant to retain counsel having been established by the Court, and the defendant not having waived the appointment of counsel, IT IS on this 19th day of December , 2018. ORDERED that the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of New Jersey is hereby appointed to represent said defendant in this cause until further Order of the Court.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OPINION MICHAEL A. SHIPP , District Judge . Pro se Plaintiff Shamsiddin A. Abdur-Raheem, confined at New Jersey State Prison ("NJSP") in Trenton, New Jersey, filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging various violations of his constitutional rights and other related state law claims. Presently before the Court is Defendants' Second Motion to Dismiss ("Motion") Plaintiff's Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("FRCP") 12(b)(1)...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OPINION JOSE L. LINARES , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court by way of Plaintiff Andres B. Figueroa's appeal for judicial review of a final decision issued on behalf of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration ("Commissioner"), who denied his claim for disability insurance benefits. (ECF No. 1). After careful consideration of the administrative record, submissions made in support of, (ECF No. 13), and in opposition to, (ECF No. 14), the...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OPINION BRIAN R. MARTINOTTI , District Judge . Before this Court is the City of Trenton's ("Defendant" or "Trenton") Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c), or in the alternative for Summary Judgment, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 (ECF No. 39) and Jason Astbury's ("Astbury" or "Plaintiff") Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 41). Astbury opposed Trenton's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 47)...
Not for Publication OPINION JOHN MICHAEL VAZQUEZ , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Power Play Marketing Group, LLC's Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint. D.E. 7. The Court reviewed all submissions made in support of the motion and considered the motion without oral argument pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b) and L. Civ. R. 78.1(b). For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART WITHOUT PREJUDICE. I. BACKGROUND 1...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OPINION JOHN MICHAEL VAZQUEZ , District Judge . This case concerns Defendant's allegedly improper appraisal of a property located in Moab, Utah. D.E. 1. Currently pending before this Court is a motion to dismiss or transfer, D.E. 10, filed by Defendant Valli D. Smouse d/b/a Smouse Appraisal Service. 1 Defendant seeks dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction, or in the alternative, transfer pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1631. The Court has reviewed the motion, the...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OPINION KATHARINE S. HAYDEN , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court on plaintiff Susan Mousavi's motion for reconsideration (D.E. 38) of this Court's opinion and order granting the motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction brought by defendant United States Citizenship & Immigration Services ("USCIS") (D.E. 31). The Court granted oral argument on this motion, and engaged in lengthy discourse with counsel for both sides. It decides Mousavi's motion for...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OPINION KATHARINE S. HAYDEN , District Judge . I. Introduction Plaintiff Spencer Savings Bank, S.L.A. ("Spencer") brought suit against defendants, claiming that they breached a Mortgage Loan Purchase and Security Agreement ("Agreement") by failing to carry out their obligations to properly service mortgage loans Spencer purchased under the Agreement. Defendants have moved 1 pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c) for judgment on the pleadings that the Agreement does...
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OPINION ANNE E. THOMPSON , District Judge . INTRODUCTION This matter has come before the Court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 405(g) and 1383(c)(3) to review the final decision of the Social Security Administration (the "SSA") denying the applications of Plaintiff Glenwood Gibson, Jr. ("Plaintiff") for Disability Insurance Benefits ("DIB") under Title II of the Social Security Act (the "Act"), 201 et seq., and Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") under Title XVI of the...
