SHARKEY v. VERIZON NEW JERSEY INC.

Filing 35

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 31 Report and Recommendations, granting 21 Motion to Remand to State Court filed by PETER SHARKEY ***CIVIL CASE TERMINATED. Signed by Judge Jose L. Linares on 4/13/2015. (nr, )

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

PETER SHARKEY,
Civil Action No. 14-2788(JLL) (JAD)
Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

VERIZON NEW JERSEY INC.,
Defendant.

LINARES, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court by way of Plaintiffs motion to remand the matter to
state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1447(c). This Court referred Plaintiffs application to the

Honorable Joseph A. Dickson, United States Magistrate Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 636

(b)(1)(B). Magistrate Judge Dickson filed a Report and Recommendation in connection with said
application on March 18, 2015. In particular, Magistrate Judge Dickson recommended that
Plaintiffs motion to remand be granted and Plaintiffs request for attorney’s fees be denied. On
April 1, 2015, Defendant filed an Objection to Magistrate Judge Dickson’s March 18, 2015
Report and Recommendation. The Court decides this matter without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 78 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons set forth in the Court’s
corresponding Opinion,
IT IS on this 13th day of April, 2015
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Dickson, filed on
March 18, 2015 [Docket Entry No. 31] is hereby ADOPTED as the findings of fact and

conclusions of law of this Court; and it is further

ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand [Docket Entry No. 21] is GRANTED.
The matter is hereby remanded to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex
County; and it is further
ORDERED that this case CLOSED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

JO/L LINARES
U4’S. DISTRICT JUDGE