BLACKWELL v. COHEN et al

Filing 46

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER Denying without prejudice Defendant's 45 Motion to Dismiss, etc. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 8/26/2019. (rss, n.m.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

INSPIRATION BLACKWELL,

1:16-cv-5342-NLH-AMD

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

v.
WARDEN GERALDINE COHEN,
ATLANTIC COUNTY JUSTICE
FACILITY MEDICAL STAFF;
ATLANTIC COUNTY FREEHOLDERS;
DENNIS LEVISON, and FRANK
FORMICA,
Defendants.

APPEARANCE:
James T. Dugan, Esq., Assistant County Counsel
Atlantic County Department of Law
1333 Atlantic Avenue, 8th Floor
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Attorneys for Defendant Warden Geraldine Cohen

HILLMAN, District Judge
WHEREAS, Defendant Warden Geraldine Cohen filed a Motion to
Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint for failure to provide discovery
and prosecute the cause of action, see ECF No. 45; and
WHEREAS, the Motion to Dismiss was unaccompanied by a brief
or statement that a brief was unnecessary as required by the
Rules of Court, see Local Civ. R. 7.1(d);
THEREFORE,
IT IS on this

26th

day of August, 2019

ORDERED that Defendant Warden Geraldine Cohen’s Motion to

Dismiss (ECF No. 45) IS DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to Defendant’s
right to refile her motion in compliance with the rules; and it
is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of
this Order on Plaintiff by regular first-class mail.

s/ Noel L. Hillman
NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J.

At Camden, New Jersey

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