REARDON v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY et al

Filing 66

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER denying 42 Plaintiff's "MOTION to set aside dismissal and for leave to Amend/Correct"; denying 53 "Motion for an order of compliance"; Clerk shall re-close the file. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 1/2/2020. (tf, n.m.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

JOHN E. REARDON,

Plaintiff,
v.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al.,
Defendants.

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Civ. No. 13-5363
(NLH)(AMD)

MEMORANDUM OPINION &
ORDER

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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
Victor Ashrafi, J.A.D., the Hon.
J.A.D., the Hon. Edith K. Payne,
M. Pugliese, J.S.C. and the Hon.
(retired)

New Jersey, the Hon.
Margaret M. Hayden,
J.S.C., the Hon. Anthony
Ronald J. Freeman, J.S.C.

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];

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and
WHEREAS, with regard to Plaintiff’s “MOTION to set aside

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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 1:18-cv-11372-RBK-AMD 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.”
(1:18-cv-11372, Docket No. 74.) Since Judge Kugler issued the
litigation preclusion order, Plaintiff has filed 39 submissions
in that action.
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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
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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

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