EZEKWO et al v. QUIRK et al

Filing 189

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT & RECOMMENDATION AND ENFORCING SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS. 136 Report and Recommendations of U.S. Magistrate Judge Wettre is adopted as the conclusions of law of this Court, etc. Signed by Judge Susan D. Wigenton on 3/4/20. (jc, ) Modified on 3/4/2020 (jc, ).

Alan J. Baratz, Esq.
Attorney I.D. No: 031451982
WEINER ZIESNIAK LLP
629 Parsippany Road
P.O. Box 438
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054-0438
Phone:
(973) 403—1100
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for defendant, City of Englewood
Our File No. 88150

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1774870v1.

80150 ordur ajb 3—3—2020

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

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CHUKWUEMEKA EZEKWO and
IFEOMA EZEKWO,

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DOCKET NO:

2:15—cv--03167

Plaintiffs,
ORDER ADOPTING
REPORT &
RECONDATION
AND ENFORCING
SETTLEMENT OF
ALL CLAIMS

vs.
CHRISTOPHER QUIRK; MICHAEL
CHRISTIANSEN; THORNTON WHITE;
JOHN DOES 1-10, and the CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY,

Defendants.

THIS MATTER having come
the

Judgment

of

Third Circuit

dated

September

final

allowing
examine

chance
counsel
them

Englewood’s

on

to

that

motion

to

Court

9,

2019

Chukwuemeka

submit
for

the

States

United

allowing plaintiffs,

of
a

the

before

the

their
City

testimony
enforce

Court

for

of

Ezekwo

on

regard

settlement,

Hearing having been scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
and

Joshua

Moskovitz,

Esq.,

and Lance

A.

for

the

limited purpose
Ifoema

and

Englewood
in

remand per

Appeals

the

testimony
of

upon

the
to
to
the

Ezekwo,

record
also

the

crossCity

of

Evidentiary

on March 3,

Clarke,

and

Esq.

2020,
of

the

(SDW)

_______

law

firm

Bernstein

plaintiffs,
appearing
of

Alan

for

Hanrahan

J.

Clarke
Baratz,

defendant,

Pack LLC

appearing

Mr.

Moskovitz

Esq.,

City

Esq.

for

counsel,

plaintiffs’

&

of

appearing

and Brenda Coppola Cuba,
Cuba

_______

of

appearing
Law

Weiner

Englewood,

for
LLP

David

for defendant,

Group
Pack,

Thornton

Esq.

White,

of the Offices of Brenda Coppola

defendant,

Michael

Moskovitz,

Christianson,

having confirmed notice of

the scheduled Evidentiary Hearing to both plaintiffs and their
expressed

intention

not

to

appear

and

testify,

and

neither

plaintiff appearing or contacting the Court by 11:30 a.m.,

and

for good cause having been shown;
IT IS ON THIS

ORDERED

DAY OF

that

the

Magistrate Judge Wettre

Report

and

(ECF No.

136)

of

be and hereby is adopted

as the conclusions of law of this Court;
ORDERED that

plaintiffs,

Chukwuemeka

all

and it is further

the settlement of all claims reached between

of Englewood for the
releasing

claims

Ezekwo and

total
pled

sum of
in

Ifeoma Ezekwo

counsel

of

record

their

Complaint

as

filing with the Court.

days

of

City

for them

against

all

and it is further

a copy of the within Order be
within

and the

$1.31M in exchange

named defendants be and hereby is enforced;
ORDERED that

U.S.

its

served on all
execution

and