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Sylvester v. Sorrell

United States District Court, D. Vermont
Mar 25, 2009
File No. 1:08-CV-88 (D. Vt. Mar. 25, 2009)

Summary

deciding that judge's refusal to recuse himself was judicial act entitled to immunity

Summary of this case from Moskovits v. Bank of Am.

Opinion

File No. 1:08-CV-88.

March 25, 2009


ORDER


The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation was filed February 11, 2009. (Paper 55.) After de novo review and absent objection, the Report and Recommendation is AFFIRMED, APPROVED and ADOPTED. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

Defendants' motions to dismiss (Papers 19, 20, 25 and 26) are GRANTED. Plaintiff's motions for preliminary injunctive relief (Papers 28, 35 and 40) are DENIED.

Further, plaintiff's motion to grant previously filed emergency restraining order (Paper 56) is DENIED, and motion to rule on previously filed emergency restraining order (Paper 57) is DENIED as moot.

Plaintiff also has filed a motion for enlargement of time to respond (Paper 58) wherein he seeks an extension of 30 days "to file a response to the States [sic] Response, by Assistant Attorney General, David R. McLean, Esq., . . ." (Paper 58 at 2). It is unclear to what "Response" plaintiff is referring. The most recent response filed by the Office of the Attorney General was on October 15, 2008. (Paper 44.) The motion, therefore, is DENIED as untimely.

Plaintiff shall be allowed 30 days from the date of this Order to file an amended complaint. Consistent with Local Rule 15.1, the motion shall be accompanied by a draft amended complaint, and the allegations in the amended complaint shall be limited to plaintiff's post-incarceration claims. Failure to file a properly amended complaint on or before April 24, 2009 will result in dismissal of this case.

SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Sylvester v. Sorrell

United States District Court, D. Vermont
Mar 25, 2009
File No. 1:08-CV-88 (D. Vt. Mar. 25, 2009)

deciding that judge's refusal to recuse himself was judicial act entitled to immunity

Summary of this case from Moskovits v. Bank of Am.

deciding that judge's refusal to recuse himself was judicial act entitled to immunity

Summary of this case from Bobrowsky v. Yonkers Courthouse
Case details for

Sylvester v. Sorrell

Case Details

Full title:AMON SYLVESTER, Plaintiff v. WILLIAM SORRELL, ROBERT HOFMANN, SUSAN BLAIR…

Court:United States District Court, D. Vermont

Date published: Mar 25, 2009

Citations

File No. 1:08-CV-88 (D. Vt. Mar. 25, 2009)

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