The Travelers Indemnity Company of America v. Rehab Alternatives PLLC

Filing 39

REFERRAL ORDER: Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff Rehab Alternatives, PLLC's motion to amend the Third-Party Complaint (Docket Entry 37) is HEREBY REFERRED to Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson pursuant to Rule 72(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for DECISION. The parties are directed to address all future filings related to this motion to Judge Tomlinson. So Ordered by Judge Joanna Seybert on 4/6/2016. C/ECF (Valle, Christine)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF
AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
-against-

REFERRAL ORDER
15-CV-4256(JS)(AKT)

REHAB ALTERNATIVES PLLC,
Defendant.
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REHAB ALTERNATIVES, PLLC,
Third-Party Plaintiff,
-againstDMAS LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE
AGENCY, INC. and GARY APPLEBAUM,
Third-Party Defendants.
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APPEARANCES
For Plaintiff:
Thomas A. Martin, Esq.
Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson, LLP
521 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10175
For Defendant:

For Third-Party
Defendants:

Keith H. Richman, Esq.
Seth Alan Levine, Esq.
Richman & Levine, P.C.
666 Old Country Road
Garden City, NY 11530
Lloyd J. Herman, Esq.
D’Amato & Lynch
70 Pine Street, 42nd Floor
New York, NY 10270

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SEYBERT, District Judge:
Defendant-Third-Party

Plaintiff

Rehab

Alternatives,

PLLC’s motion to amend the Third-Party Complaint (Docket Entry 37)
is HEREBY REFERRED to Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson
pursuant to Rule 72(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for
DECISION.

See Fielding v. Tollaksen, 510 F.3d 175, 178 (2d Cir.

2007) (“As a matter of case management, a district judge may refer
nondispositive motions, such as a motion to amend the complaint,
to a magistrate judge for decision without the parties' consent.”);
Dollar Phone Corp. v. St. Paul Fire, No. 09-CV-1640, 2011 WL
837793, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 4, 2011) (collecting cases).

The

parties are directed to address all future filings related to this
motion to Judge Tomlinson.

SO ORDERED.

/s/ JOANNA SEYBERT______
Joanna Seybert, U.S.D.J.
Dated:

April
6 , 2016
Central Islip, New York

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