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Kent v. United States Post Office

United States District Court, D. New Jersey
Jan 31, 2006
Civil Action No.: 05-CV-1390 (JLL) (D.N.J. Jan. 31, 2006)

Opinion

Civil Action No.: 05-CV-1390 (JLL).

January 31, 2006


ORDER ADOPTING JANUARY 1, 2006 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION


This Court had referred Defendants' motion to dismiss [Docket #11] Plaintiff's complaint for failure to comply with Fed.R.Civ.P. 8 and for failure to state a claim pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) and Plaintiff's cross-motion to amend his complaint [Docket #18] to the Honorable Ronald J. Hedges, United States Magistrate Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). Magistrate Judge Hedges filed a Report and Recommendation on Defendants' motion on January 5, 2006. Having reviewed de novo the Report and Recommendation of January 5, 2006, and having considered Defendants' objections to the Report, this Court adopts Magistrate Judge Hedges January 1, 2006 Report and Recommendation as the Opinion of this Court and grants Plaintiff's motion to amend the complaint and dismisses all claims from the Complaint except for those arising under the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 791, et seq. Further, this Court also concludes that since the Plaintiff's only remaining cause of action arises under the Rehabilitation Act, the United States Post Office is no longer a properly named defendant and shall be dismissed. IT IS on this 31st day of January, 2006,

ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Hedges filed January 1, 2006, recommending that Defendants' motion to dismiss [Docket #11] be granted in part is hereby ADOPTED as the findings of fact and conclusions of law of this Court; and it is further

ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Hedges filed January 1, 2006, recommending that Plaintiff's motion to amend the complaint [Docket #18] be granted is hereby ADOPTED as the findings of fact and conclusions of law of this Court; and it is further

ORDERED that Defendant United States Post Office is hereby dismissed from this case.


Summaries of

Kent v. United States Post Office

United States District Court, D. New Jersey
Jan 31, 2006
Civil Action No.: 05-CV-1390 (JLL) (D.N.J. Jan. 31, 2006)
Case details for

Kent v. United States Post Office

Case Details

Full title:ALBERT KENT, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES POST OFFICE and JOHN E. POTTER as…

Court:United States District Court, D. New Jersey

Date published: Jan 31, 2006

Citations

Civil Action No.: 05-CV-1390 (JLL) (D.N.J. Jan. 31, 2006)