STROM v. CORBETT et al

Filing 54

MEMORANDUM ORDER granting defendants' 43 Motion to Dismiss; plaintiff's complaint is dismissed as MOOT; and further adopting 53 Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Mitchell as the opinion of the Court. The Clerk shall mark this case CLOSED. Signed by Judge David S. Cercone on 10/7/15. (njt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

COLLEEN M. STROM,
Plaintiff,

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THOMAS W. CORBETT in his official
Capacity as Governor of Pennsylvania,
ANNETTE TIERNEY in her official
Capacity as Hearing Officer in the Family
Division ofThe Court ofCommon Pleas
of Allegheny County, GERALDINE M.
REDIC, in her official capacity as Deputy
Administrator of the Domestic Relations
Office ofAllegheny County, and THOMAS
G. SAYLOR, in his official capacity as
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania,
Defendants.

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Electronic Filing
Magistrate Judge Robert C. Mitchell/
District Judge David S. Cercone

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MEMORANDUM ORDER

The present action was filed on November 12, 2014. The case was referred to United
States Magistrate Judge Robert C. Mitchell for pretrial proceedings in accordance with
Magistrate Judges Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l) and Local Rules of Court 72.C and 72.D.
Defendants Geraldine M. Redic, Thomas G. Saylor and Annette Tierney filed a Motion to
Dismiss on May 18, 2015. [ECF No. 43]. The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation
[ECF No. 13] filed August 17, 2015 recommended that Defendants' motion be granted and
Plaintiffs complaint be dismissed as moot. Service of the Report and Recommendation was
made on all parties. The parties were informed that in accordance with the Magistrate Judges
Act, 28 U .S.C. § 636(b )(1 )(B) and (C), and Local Rule of Court 72.D.2 they had until August 31,
2015 to file any objections. As ofthis date, no objections have been filed.

Accordingly, after a de novo review of the pleadings and documents in this case, together
with the Report and Recommenda~, the following Order is entered:
AND NOW, this

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day of October, 2015, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

Defendants Geraldine M. Redic, Thomas G. Saylor and Annette Tierney's Motion to Dismiss [ECF
No. 43] is granted and Plaintiffs complaint is DISMISSED as MOOT.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge
Robert C. Mitchell is hereby adopted as the Opinion ofthe District Court.

David Stewart Cercone
United States District Judge

cc:

Honorable Robert C. Mitchell
United States Magistrate Judge
Colleen M. Strom
2361 Tilbury Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
(Via First Class Mail)
Mary Lynch Friedline, Esquire
Scott A. Bradley, Esquire
Michael P. Daley, Esquire
(Via CM/ECF Electronic Mail)

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