EXETER TOWNSHIP v. FRANCKOWIAK

Filing 48

OPINION/ORDER THAT ECF MOTION NO. 15 IS GRANTED; AND THAT ECF MOTION NO. 14 IS DENIED AS MOOT. THE EXETER PARTIES' REQUEST THAT FRANCKOWIAK BE ORDERED TO PAY THEIR FEES AND COSTS AS A CONDITION OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL IS DENIED. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JOSEPH F. LEESON, JR ON 2/21/18. 2/22/18 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED. (ky, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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EXETER TOWNSHIP,
Plaintiff,

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CHERYL FRANCKOWIAK,
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Defendant.
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No. 5:17-cv-2709

ORDER
AND NOW, this 21st day of February, 2018, upon consideration of Defendant Cheryl
Franckowiak’s Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss without prejudice her counterclaims against
Plaintiff Exeter Township and the Exeter Township Board of Supervisors, Lisa VanderLaan,
William “Chip” White, and Jeffrey Bukowski (collectively, with the Township, “the Exeter
Parties”), ECF No. 15, and the Exeter Parties’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings with
respect to those same counterclaims, ECF No. 14, and for the reasons set forth in the opinion
issued this date, it is ORDERED that:
1. Franckowiak’s Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Her Counterclaims without Prejudice, ECF
No. 15, is GRANTED;
2. The Exeter Parties’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, ECF No. 14, is DENIED as
moot;
3. The Exeter Parties’ request that Franckowiak be ordered to pay their fees and costs as a
condition of voluntary dismissal is DENIED.

BY THE COURT:

/s/ Joseph F. Leeson, Jr.__________
JOSEPH F. LEESON, JR.
United States District Judge

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