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Danza v. Fid. Mgmt. Trust Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
Aug 20, 2012
CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-2893 (JEI/KMW) (D.N.J. Aug. 20, 2012)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-2893 (JEI/KMW)

08-20-2012

NICHOLAS DANZA, individually and on behalf of defined contribution plans that used Defendants as their qualified domestic relations order service provider and all similarly situated beneficiaries of such ERISA-covered employee benefit plans, Plaintiffs, v. FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY and FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL OPERATIONS COMPANY, Defendants.

SZAFERMAN, LAKIND, BLUMSTEIN, BLADER & LEHMANN, PC Arnold Carl Lakind, Mark A. Fisher and Robert Lawrence Lakind Quakerbridge Executive Center and LEVY PHILLIPS KONINGSBERG Danielle Disporto and Moshe Maimon Counsel for Plaintiffs GRAHAM CURTIN, PA Thomas Curtin and George C. Jones Counsel for Defendants


HONORABLE JOSEPH E. IRENAS


ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS (Dkt. No. 18)

APPEARANCES:

SZAFERMAN, LAKIND, BLUMSTEIN, BLADER & LEHMANN, PC
Arnold Carl Lakind, Mark A. Fisher and Robert Lawrence Lakind
Quakerbridge Executive Center

and
LEVY PHILLIPS KONINGSBERG
Danielle Disporto and Moshe Maimon

Counsel for Plaintiffs
GRAHAM CURTIN, PA
Thomas Curtin and George C. Jones

Counsel for Defendants IRENAS, Senior District Judge:

This matter having appeared before the Court upon Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. Nos. 18); the Court having reviewed the parties' submissions; the Court having held oral argument on August 10, 2012; and for good cause appearing; IT IS on this 20th day of August, 2012,

ORDERED THAT:

(1) Defendant's Motion to Dismiss is hereby GRANTED.
(2) Plaintiff is hereby granted leave to file a motion to amend the Complaint within 30 days. If Plaintiff chooses to file such a motion, he shall annex a copy of the proposed amendment thereto.
(3) The Clerk of Court is directed to close this file.

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JOSEPH E. IRENAS , S.U.S.D.J.


Summaries of

Danza v. Fid. Mgmt. Trust Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
Aug 20, 2012
CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-2893 (JEI/KMW) (D.N.J. Aug. 20, 2012)
Case details for

Danza v. Fid. Mgmt. Trust Co.

Case Details

Full title:NICHOLAS DANZA, individually and on behalf of defined contribution plans…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

Date published: Aug 20, 2012

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-2893 (JEI/KMW) (D.N.J. Aug. 20, 2012)

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