Free Motion for Judgment - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
I CLAUDIOUS CHANNER; : I
I Plaintiff : CIVIL ACTION NO. I
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RICHARD BLUMENTHAL;
JANET RENO; :
CITY OF HARTFORD; Z ,
JAMES MARKOWSKI; I `
DETECTIVE PERODEAU; 2
DETECTIVE MERRITT; :
DETECTIVE WOLF; I _ I
DETECTIVE ELLIS; SERGEANT _ I ` _ I ` ‘ I
CAGIANELLO, ET AL I' I ` ‘ ‘ I ° I
Defendants : OCTOBER 9, 2003
MOTION FOR JUDGMENT I
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The undersigned defendant, Detective Gregory Merritt, respectfully moves
the Court to direct the entry of a final judgment in his favor as to all claims in the
plaintiffs Amended Complaint. In its ruling on the Motion to Dismiss, dated
September 18, 2002, the Court dismissed all federal claims against Detective I
Merritt, as well as defendants Perodeau, Wolf, Ellis, Markowski and Cagianello. I
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The Court, thereafter, declined to exercise its supplemental jurisdiction over any
state law claims in the Amended Complaint against these defendants. I
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Rule 54(b) provides in pertinent part that "the court may direct the entry of I
a final judgment as to one or more, but fewer than all of the claims or parties only I
upon an express determination that there is no just reason for delay and upon an
express direction for the entry of judgment? Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b)(2002). The I
Court’ Ruling and Order. left remaining certain-claims.against.-..the- City of·Hartfor<:l,
United States Attorney Janet Reno and State of Connecticut Attorney General I
Blumenthal? The Court having dismissed all claims against Detective Merritt, I
along with the other individual defendants, justifies the entry of final judgment in I
his favor. The appearing no just reason for delaying the entry of judgment and I
given that this claim arose fourteen (14) years ago and has been the subject of I
litigation since 1992, the undersigned defendant would prefer to obtain finality as E
soon as possible.
WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the undersigned defendant
respectfully requests the Court direct judgment in his favor in this case.
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dismissed in a ruling dated February 21, 2003 (Doc. #60).
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CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that on this 9th day of October, 2003, the foregoing was F
either mailed, postpaid, or hand-delivered to: N
Claudious W. Channer I
Inmate #15148 I
P.O. Box 100 i
Somers, CT 06071
Richard T. Biggar, Esq.
Attorney GeneraI’s Office y
Public Safety & Special Revenue '
MacKensie Hall
110 Sherman Street
Hartford, CT 06105
David J. Sheldon _
Assistant United States Attorney
P.O. Box 1824
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(federal co-defendants Janet Reno & James I\/larkowski)
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