HOULAHAN v. WORLD WIDE ASSOCIATION OF SPECIALTY PROGRAMS AND SCHOOLS et al

Filing 149

ORDER granting 148 Joint Motion to Dismiss with prejudice all claims against World Wide Association of Specialty Programs & Schools and Kenneth Kay and further granting request to deny all pending motions between the parties as moot, including the motion for sanctions.. Signed by Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr on 12/30/2011. [in the near future the Court will schedule a status conference to discuss the remaining claims] (Scullin, Frederick)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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THOMAS G. HOULAHAN,
Plaintiff,
v.

1:04-CV-1161
(FJS/AK)

WORLD WIDE ASSOCIATION OF SPECIALTY
PROGRAMS AND SCHOOLS, a Corporation;
FREEMAN WALL AIELLO, a Partnership;
KENNETH KAY, an individual; JAMES WALL,
an individual; C.S. LANDRE FOUNDATION,
a Nonprofit Organization; and LANCE LANDRE,
an individual,
Defendants.
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APPEARANCES

OF COUNSEL

THOMAS G. HOULAHAN
Washington, D.C. 20016
Plaintiff pro se
JORDAN, COYNE & SAVITS LLP
1100 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20016
Attorneys for Defendants World Wide
Association of Specialty Programs and
Schools and Kenneth Kay

JOHN TREMAIN MAY, ESQ.
PADRAIC K. KEANE, ESQ.

HOGAN & HEALD
11130 Fairfax Boulevard
Suite 310
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Attorneys for Defendants Freeman
Wall Aiello and James Wall

ROGER W. HEALD, ESQ.

SCULLIN, Senior Judge

ORDER
On December 30, 2011, Plaintiff and Defendants World Wide Association of Specialty
Programs and Schools and Kenneth Kay (collectively "the World Wide Defendants") filed a joint
motion to dismiss, with prejudice, Plaintiffs' claims against the World Wide Defendants pursuant
to Rule 41(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because Plaintiff and the World Wide
Defendants had reached an agreement to resolve all of Plaintiff's claims against the World Wide
Defendants. See Dkt. No. 148. Furthermore, Plaintiff and the World Wide Defendants moved to
have the Court deny as moot all pending motions between Plaintiff and the World Wide
Defendants, including Plaintiff's motion for sanctions, if the Court granted their joint motion to
dismiss Plaintiff's claims against the World Wide Defendants. See id.
After reviewing the entire record in this matter, the parties' submissions, and the
applicable law, the Court hereby
ORDERS that the joint motion of Plaintiff and the World Wide Defendants to dismiss,
with prejudice, all of Plaintiff's claims against Defendant World Wide Association of Specialty
Programs and Schools and Defendant Kenneth Kay is GRANTED;1 and the Court further

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The Court notes that, as a result of the dismissal of Plaintiff's claims against the World
Wide Defendants, the only remaining claims in this action are Plaintiff's fourth and fifth causes
of action for libel against Defendants James Wall and Freeman Wall Aiello. The Court will
contact the parties in the near future to set a date for a status conference to discuss the remaining
claims.
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ORDERS that all of the pending motions between Plaintiff and Defendant World Wide
Association of Specialty Programs and Schools and Defendant Kenneth Kay are DENIED as
moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 30, 2011
Syracuse, New York

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