Opinion
Civil Action No. 01-CV-03995.
February 13, 2004
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This Memorandum Opinion is filed in response to the Notice of Appeal filed by plaintiff on February 11, 2004 from an Order of the undersigned dated January 12, 2004 and filed January 13, 2004 granting defendants Edward Sweeney, Richard O. Klotz, Lehigh County Prison, and the County of Lehigh's Motion for Expenses, Costs and Fees Pursuant to the Order of the Honorable James Knoll Gardner Dated August 27, 2003, and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(b)(2) and 37(d).
By Order of the undersigned dated January 12, 2004, we granted defendants' motion and ordered plaintiff and Attorney John P. Karoly, Jr. to pay $2,329.15 jointly and severally to defendants Edward Sweeney, Richard O. Klotz, Lehigh County Prison, and the County of Lehigh. The reasons for our decision are contained in the footnoted January 12, 2004 Order. The discussion in the Order adequately expresses the reasons, analysis and legal authority for our decision and we incorporate it here.
Accordingly, we respectfully suggest to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that plaintiff's appeal be denied and our January 12, 2004 Order affirmed.