JOHNSON v. MOGEL et al

Filing 14

ORDER denying as moot 3 Motion for Preliminary Injunction; adopting Report and Recommendations re 6 Report and Recommendations.; denying as moot 10 Motion for Default Judgment. Signed by Judge Barbara Rothstein on 6/15/2015.Clerk directed to close case. (nk)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
JAMES LAMONT JOHNSON,
Plaintiff,

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vs.
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POLICE OFFICER MOGEL; DETECTIVE )
CRAIG GUMP; CHIEF RANDOLPH J.
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DETZEL; C.I. THOMAS E. WILLIAMS; )
MARSHALL PICCININI, AUSA;
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THOMAS TRUCHANOWICZ, ATF;
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PATROLMAN ROBERT GRASSO;
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ALISON REES ATF SPECIALIST;
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POLICE OFFICER TAD ACKER; JANIS )
L. FERGUSON NOTARY,
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Defendants. )

Civil Action No. 15-35E
District Judge Barbara Rothstein
Chief Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly

ORDER
AND NOW, this 16th of June, 2015, after Plaintiff James Lamont Johnson filed an
day
action in the above-captioned case, and after a Report and Recommendation was filed by the
Chief United States Magistrate Judge recommending that the action be dismissed as legally
frivolous in accordance with 28 U.S.C. §1915A, and after Plaintiff was given until June 12,
2015, to file written objections to the Report and Recommendation, and no objections having
been filed, and upon independent review of the record, and upon consideration of the Magistrate
Judge=s Report and Recommendation, which is adopted as the opinion of this Court,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is dismissed as legally frivolous in
accordance with 28 U.S.C. §1915A. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s pending
Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction Freezing Assets and/or Seizing the Property of the
Defendants, ECF No. 3, and pending Motion for Default Judgment, ECF No. 10, are dismissed
as moot. The Clerk of Courts is directed to close this case.

IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of
Appellate Procedure, if any party wishes to appeal from this Order a notice of appeal, as
provided in Fed. R. App. P. 3, must be filed with the Clerk of Court, United States District Court,
at 700 Grant Street, Room 3110, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, within thirty (30) days.
By the Court:
/s/ Barbara Rothstein
United States District Judge
cc:

Honorable Maureen P. Kelly
Chief United States Magistrate Judge
James Lamont Johnson
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