Opinion
No. 10-1711.
Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) September 14, 2010.
Opinion filed: September 21, 2010.
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.C. Civil Action No. 06-cv-3102), District Judge: Honorable Stanley R. Chesler.
Toy-Ling Washington, Hillside, NJ, pro se.
Richard H. Bauch, DPM, Kathryn V. Hatfield, Esq., Bauch Zucker Hatfield, Springfield, NJ, Brian R. Lehrer, Esq., Schenck, Price, Smith King, Florham Park, NJ, Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr., Esq., Porzio, Bromberg Newman, Christopher J. Carey, Esq., Graham Curtin, Morristown, NJ, Raymond W. Fisher, Esq., Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody Agnello, Roseland, NJ, Christopher M. Howard, Esq., Elizabeth, NJ, Jodi L. Rosenberg, Esq., Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith Davis, Woodbridge, NJ, for Township of Hillside City Council, Janet Vlaisavljevic, Dwayne Warren, Theodore Romankow, Hillside Police Department, Donald Vanarelli, Catholic Community Services, Vincent Gagliardi, Yolanda Massenberg, Union County Sheriff Department, David Nechamkin, Union County Prosecutors Office, Wachovia Bank.
Before: SLOVITER, CHAGARES and WEIS, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
Toy-Ling Washington appeals the District Court's orders granting appellee Union County Sheriffs Department's motion for summary judgment and denying her motion to amend her complaint. The procedural history of this case and the details of Washington's claims are well known to the parties, set forth in the District Court's thorough opinions, and need not be discussed at length. Briefly, Washington filed a civil rights complaint against several defendants. The District Court granted several defendants' motions to dismiss and subsequently granted Union County Sheriffs Department's motion for summary judgment. Washington filed a timely notice of appeal challenging the District Court's order granting the motion for summary judgment and denying her motion to amend the complaint.
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We agree with the District Court that the Union County Sheriffs Department was entitled to summary judgment on Washington's claims of false arrest. An arrest warrant had been issued, and Washington has not alleged that any of the appellees made false statements with respect to the arrest warrant. See Wilson v. Russo, 212 F.3d 781, 786-87 (3d Cir. 2000). It appears that the arrest warrant was issued by the judge in Washington's criminal case after she missed a hearing. Washington was subsequently convicted of theft by unlawful taking of more than $75,000 and was sentenced to seven years in prison. See State v. Washington, 408 N.J.Super. 564, 975 A.2d 955 (2009).
Washington also appeals the District Court's order denying her motion to amend her complaint. We review such a denial for an abuse of discretion. Jones v. ABN Amro Mortg. Group, Inc. 606 F.3d 119, 123 (3d Cir. 2010). The District Court did not abuse its discretion in denying Washington's motion to amend her complaint. We lack jurisdiction over Washington's challenge to the District Court's orders remanding a matter to state court in a separate District Court case.
For the above reasons, we will affirm the District Court's judgment.