Jeffrey S. Sarver v. The Hurt Locker LLC et al

Filing 20

MOTION to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction , Improper Venue, and Failure to State a Claim by KATHRYN BIGELOW, MARK BOAL. Responses due by 7/6/2010 (Attachments: #1 Brief In Support of Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction, Improper Venue, and Failure to State a Claim and, in the Alternative, to Transfer Venue, #2 Declaration of Mark Boal, #3 Declaration of Kathryn Bigelow, #4 Text of Proposed Order, #5 Certificate of Service)(ORLOFSKY, STEPHEN) [Transferred from New Jersey on 11/23/2010.]

BLANK ROME LLP
A Pennsylvania LLP
STEPHEN M. ORLOFSKY
New Jersey Resident Partner
ANDREW J. HUGHES
301 Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
:
HON. DENNIS M. CAVANAUGH
:
SGT. JEFFREY S. SARVER,
:
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:10-cv-01076
:
Plaintiff,
:
Oral Argument Requested
:
v.
:
:
THE HURT LOCKER, LLC, MARK
:
BOAL, KATHRYN BIGELOW, GREG
(Filed Electronically)
:
SHAPIRO, NICOLAS CHARTIER,
:
TONY MARK, DONALL McCUSKER,
NOTICE OF MOTION
:
SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT, LLC,
:
VOLTAGE PICTURES, LLC,
:
GROSVENOR PARK MEDIA, LP,
:
FIRST LIGHT PRODUCTIONS, INC.,
:
KINGSGATE FILMS, INC. and
PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC., Jointly :
:
and Severally,
:
:
Defendants.
To:

Linda George, Esq.
577 Summit Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Attorney for Plaintiff

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Charles J. Falletta, Esq.
SILLS CUMMIS & GROSS
One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, NJ 07102
Attorneys for Defendants, The Hurt Locker, LLC, Voltage Pictures, LLC, and Nicolas
Chartier
Scott A. Resnik, Esq.
Katten, Muchin & Rosenman, LLP
575 Madison Ave.
14th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Attorneys for Defendant, Summit Entertainment, LLC
Richard A. Ulsamer, Esq.
Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, LLP
Four Gateway Center
100 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Attorneys for Defendant, Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July 19, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as
counsel may be heard, the undersigned attorneys for Defendants, Mark Boal and Kathryn
Bigelow (“Defendants”), shall move before the Honorable Dennis M. Cavanaugh, United States
District Court for the District of New Jersey, Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building & United
States Courthouse, 50 Walnut Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 for an Order granting their
Motion to Dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2); improper
venue under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(3) and 28 U.S.C. § 1406; and failure to state a claim upon
which relief can be granted, in part, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6).

In the alternative,

Defendants shall move for an Order granting their Motion to Transfer Venue under 28 U.S.C. §
1406 or 28 U.S.C. § 1404.

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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that in support of their motion, Defendants will
rely on their Memorandum of Law and Declarations of Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow. A
proposed Form of Order is also enclosed; and
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that oral argument is requested.

s/ Stephen M. Orlofsky
BLANK ROME LLP
A Pennsylvania LLP
STEPHEN M. ORLOFSKY
New Jersey Resident Partner
ANDREW J. HUGHES
301 Carnegie Center
Princeton, NJ 08540
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants Mark Boal and
Kathryn Bigelow

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