ZHANG v. DORRANCE PUBLISHING CO. et al

Filing 26

MEMORANDUM ORDER adopting 24 Report and Recommendation as the opinion of this Court; granting 13 Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction and Failure to State a Claim re 7 Complaint. An appropriate Judgment follows. Signed by Judge Nora Barry Fischer on 3/7/2025. (lyk)

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

JEFF BAOLIANG ZHANG, Ph.D,
Plaintiff,
v.
DORRANCE PUBLISHING CO., et al.,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 24-440
Judge Nora Barry Fischer
Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly

MEMORANDUM ORDER
AND NOW, this 7th day of March, 2025, upon consideration of
(1) the Report and Recommendation filed by United States Magistrate Judge Maureen P.
Kelly on February 12, 2025, (Docket No. 24) (a) recommending that the Motion to Dismiss filed
by Defendants (Docket No. 13) be granted given that the pro se Plaintiff’s claims are barred by
both the doctrine of res judicata and the applicable statutes of limitations, and amendment would
be futile and (b) ordering that any objections be filed within 14 days (i.e., by non-ECF users like
Plaintiff by March 3, 2025); and
(2) the Objections filed by Plaintiff on March 3, 2025; and
(3) upon independent review of the record and de novo consideration of the Magistrate
Judge’s Report and Recommendation of February 12, 2025, which is ADOPTED as the opinion of
this Court,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. 13) is
GRANTED; and

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An appropriate Judgment follows.

s/Nora Barry Fischer
Nora Barry Fischer
Senior U.S. District Judge
cc/ecf: Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly
cc: JEFF BAOLIANG ZHANG
PO Box 41272
Los Angeles, CA 90041
(via first class mail)

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