Opinion
Civ. No. 13-5363 (NLH)(AMD)
01-02-2020
JOHN E. REARDON, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al., Defendants.
APPEARANCES: JOHN E. REARDON 1 JOANS LANE BERLIN, NJ 08009 Plaintiff appearing pro se BRIAN P. WILSON STATE OF NEW JERSEY OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DIVISION OF LAW 25 MARKET STREET P.O. BOX 112 TRENTON, NJ 08625 Attorney for Defendants State of New Jersey, the Hon. Victor Ashrafi, J.A.D., the Hon. Margaret M. Hayden, J.A.D., the Hon. Edith K. Payne, J.S.C., the Hon. Anthony M. Pugliese, J.S.C. and the Hon. Ronald J. Freeman, J.S.C. (retired)
MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER
APPEARANCES:
JOHN E. REARDON
1 JOANS LANE
BERLIN, NJ 08009
Plaintiff appearing pro se BRIAN P. WILSON
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
DIVISION OF LAW
25 MARKET STREET
P.O. BOX 112
TRENTON, NJ 08625
Attorney for Defendants State of New Jersey, the Hon. Victor Ashrafi, J.A.D., the Hon. Margaret M. Hayden, J.A.D., the Hon. Edith K. Payne, J.S.C., the Hon. Anthony M. Pugliese, J.S.C. and the Hon. Ronald J. Freeman, J.S.C. (retired) HILLMAN , District Judge
WHEREAS, on January 7, 2015, this Court denied Plaintiff's second motion for leave to file an amended complaint [26] and Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration of the Court's June 27, 2014 Opinion dismissing his complaint and denying his first motion for leave to file an amended complaint [22]; and
WHEREAS, on July 2, 2015, this Court denied Plaintiff's "MOTION to Set Aside the Order of Dismissal of this Case and for Leave to Amend" [36]; and
WHEREAS, currently pending before the Court is Plaintiff's "MOTION to set aside dismissal and for leave to Amend/Correct" [42] and "MOTION for an order of compliance" [53]; and
The Court's last docket entry was the July 2, 2015 Memorandum Opinion and Order denying Plaintiff's "MOTION to Set Aside the Order of Dismissal of this Case and for Leave to Amend" [36]. Plaintiff filed his "MOTION to set aside dismissal and for leave to Amend/Correct" [42] almost four years later on June 4, 2019. Since then, Plaintiff has sent for docketing 24 additional submissions in this case.
The Court notes that on October 16, 2019, Robert B. Kugler, U.S.D.J., issued a litigation preclusion order against Plaintiff in 1:18cv11372RBKAMD that provides:
"ORDERED that John E. Reardon shall be, and is hereby, ENJOINED from filing any further complaint, lawsuit, or petition in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey without prior authorization of the Court; and it is further ORDERED that in the event that John E. Reardon desires to file any further complaint, lawsuit, or petition in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, he shall file an appropriate motion for leave to file such complaint, lawsuit, or petition under the present docket number."
WHEREAS, with regard to Plaintiff's "MOTION to set aside dismissal and for leave to Amend/Correct" [42], the Court adopts its January 7, 2015 Opinion and Order (Docket No. 29, 30) because Plaintiff's instant motion is essentially a repeat of his motions seeking the same relief, and the bases for the denial of those motions apply equally to his current motion; and
WHEREAS, with regard to Plaintiff's "MOTION for an order of compliance" [53], Plaintiff requests that the Court order the Camden County Public Defender's Office and the Attorney General's Office to provide him with the addresses of thirteen individuals, several of whom had been named as defendants in Plaintiff's original complaint, or provide him with the name of an individual authorized to accept service of process for them; and
WHEREAS, the Court cannot provide the relief Plaintiff seeks because there is no pending action over which this Court has jurisdiction to issue any orders regarding service of process or other discovery-related requests;
Accordingly,
IT IS on this 2nd day of January, 2020
ORDERED that the Clerk shall reopen the case and shall make a new and separate docket entry reading "CIVIL CASE REOPENED"; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff's "MOTION to set aside dismissal and for leave to Amend/Correct" [42] and "MOTION for an order of compliance" [53] be, and the same hereby are, DENIED; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk shall re-close the file and make a new and separate docket entry reading "CIVIL CASE TERMINATED."
s/ Noel L. Hillman
NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J. At Camden, New Jersey
(1:18-cv-11372, Docket No. 74.) Since Judge Kugler issued the litigation preclusion order, Plaintiff has filed 39 submissions in that action.