Mahwah Litigation

Settled (01/31/18): Settlement Agreement

CLOSED

U.S. District Court
District of New Jersey [LIVE] (Newark)
CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 2:17-cv-06054-JMV-CLW

BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC. et al v. THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH
Assigned to: Judge John Michael Vazquez
Referred to: Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor

Related Case: 2:17-cv-05512-JMV-CLW

Cause: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

 Date Filed: 08/11/2017
Jury Demand: None
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Jurisdiction: Diversity
Plaintiff
BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC. represented by DIANE P. SULLIVAN
WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
17 HULFISH ST.
STE 201
PRINCETON, NJ 08542
609-986-1120
Fax: 609-986-1199
Email: diane.sullivan@weil.com
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
 
Plaintiff
YISROEL FRIEDMAN represented by DIANE P. SULLIVAN
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
 
Plaintiff
S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS represented by DIANE P. SULLIVAN
(See above for address)
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
 
V.
Defendant
THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH represented by RICHARD A. GANTNER
CLEARY, GIACOBBE, ALFIERI, JACOBS, LLC
169 Ramapo Valley Rd.
Upper Level 105
Oakland, NJ 07436
(973) 845-6700
Fax: (201) 644-7601
Email: rgantner@cgajlaw.com
LEAD ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

 

Date Filed # Docket Text
08/11/2017 1 COMPLAINT against BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC., S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS, YISROEL FRIEDMAN ( Filing and Admin fee $ 400 receipt number 0312-8022200), filed by BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC., S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS, YISROEL FRIEDMAN. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I, # 10 Exhibit J, # 11 Exhibit K, # 12 Civil Cover Sheet, # 13 Letter regarding Related Case)(SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 08/11/2017)
08/11/2017   Judge John Michael Vazquez and Magistrate Judge James B. Clark added. (eu, ) (Entered: 08/14/2017)
08/14/2017   Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor added. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark no longer assigned to case. (jr) (Entered: 08/14/2017)
08/14/2017 2 SUMMONS ISSUED as to THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH Attached is the official court Summons, please fill out Defendant and Plaintiffs attorney information and serve. Issued By *Donato Marucci* (dam) (Entered: 08/14/2017)
08/14/2017 CLERK’S QUALITY CONTROL MESSAGE – Please be advised, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 7.1, a disclosure statement is required to be filed by a nongovernmental corporate party. Please refer to the Court’s website at www.njd.uscourts.gov for a form and filing instructions. (dam) (Entered: 08/14/2017)
08/14/2017 3 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Yehudah L. Buchweitz by BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC., YISROEL FRIEDMAN, S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS. (Attachments: # 1 Application and Certification in Support of Pro Hac Vice Admission of Yehudah L. Buchweitz, # 2 Certified Statement of Yehudah L. Buchweitz, # 3 Certificate of Service, # 4 Text of Proposed Order)(SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 08/14/2017)
08/14/2017 4 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Jessie B. Mishkin by BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC., YISROEL FRIEDMAN, S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS. (Attachments: # 1 Application and Certification in Support of Pro Hac Vice Admission of Jessie B. Mishkin, # 2 Certified Statement of Jessie B. Mishkin, # 3 Certificate of Service, # 4 Text of Proposed Order)(SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 08/14/2017)
08/14/2017 5 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of David Yolkut by BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC., YISROEL FRIEDMAN, S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS. (Attachments: # 1 Application and Certification in Support of Pro Hac Vice Admission of David Yolkut, # 2 Certified Statement of David Yolkut, # 3 Certificate of Service, # 4 Text of Proposed Order)(SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 08/14/2017)
08/14/2017 6 Corporate Disclosure Statement by BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC. identifying None as Corporate Parent.. (SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 08/14/2017)
08/14/2017 7 ORDER granting 3 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice as to YEHUDAH L. BUCHWEITZ, ESQ; granting 4 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice as to JESSIE B. MISHKIN, ESQ.; granting 5 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice as to DAVID YOLKUT, ESQ. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor on 8/14/17. (DD, ) (Entered: 08/15/2017)
08/15/2017   Set/Reset Deadlines as to 3 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Yehudah L. Buchweitz, 4 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Jessie B. Mishkin, 5 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of David Yolkut. Motion set for 9/18/2017 before Judge John Michael Vazquez. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (DD, ) (Entered: 08/15/2017)
08/15/2017   Pro Hac Vice fee of $450 received as to YEHUDAH L. BUCHWEITZ, ESQ., JESSIE B. MISHKIN, ESQ., and DAVID YOLKUT, ESQ. receipt number TRE083361 (mps) (Entered: 08/15/2017)
08/15/2017 8 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Robert G. Sugarman by BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC., YISROEL FRIEDMAN, S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS. (Attachments: # 1 Application and Certification in Support of Pro Hac Vice Admission of Robert G. Sugarman, # 2 Certified Statement of Robert G. Sugarman, # 3 Certificate of Service, # 4 Text of Proposed Order)(SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 08/15/2017)
08/16/2017   Set/Reset Deadlines as to 8 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice of Robert G. Sugarman. Motion set for 9/18/2017 before Judge John Michael Vazquez. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (DD, ) (Entered: 08/16/2017)
08/31/2017  9 Application and Proposed Order for Clerk’s Order to extend time to answer as to The Township of Mahwah. Attorney RICHARD A. GANTNER for THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH added. (GANTNER, RICHARD) (Entered: 08/31/2017)
08/31/2017   Clerk`s Text Order – The document 9 Application for Clerk’s Order to Ext Answer/Proposed Order submitted by THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH has been GRANTED. The answer due date has been set for 9/19/17. (sr, ) (Entered: 08/31/2017)
8/31/2017 10 ORDER granting 8 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice RE: Robert G. Sugarman, Esq. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor on 8/31/17. (sr, ) (Entered: 08/31/2017)
08/31/2017   Pro Hac Vice fee of $150 received as to Robert G. Sugarman, Esq., receipt number TRE083759. (jem) (Entered: 08/31/2017)
09/06/2017 11 SUMMONS Returned Executed by BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC., S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS, YISROEL FRIEDMAN. THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH served on 8/11/2017, answer due 9/19/2017. (SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 09/06/2017)
09/06/2017 12 SUMMONS Returned Executed by BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC., S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS, YISROEL FRIEDMAN. THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH served on 8/14/2017, answer due 9/19/2017. (SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 09/06/2017)
09/19/2017 13 STIPULATION Extending Time to File an Answer, Move or Otherwise Reply by THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH. (GANTNER, RICHARD) (Entered: 09/19/2017)
09/19/2017 14 STIPULATION STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME for deft., THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH to answer Cmp. until 11/3/17. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor on 9/20/17. (DD, ) (Entered: 09/20/2017)Extending Time to File an Answer, Move or Otherwise Reply by THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH. (GANTNER, RICHARD) (Entered: 09/19/2017)
09/19/2017   Answer Due Deadline Update – The document 14 Stipulation and Order submitted by THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH has been GRANTED. The answer due date has been set for 11/3/17. (DD, ) (Entered: 09/20/2017)
10/17/2017 15 Application and Proposed Order for Clerk’s Order to extend time to answer as to The Township of Mahwah.. (GANTNER, RICHARD) (Entered: 10/17/2017)
10/18/2017 16 STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME for deft., THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH to answer Cmp. until 12/1/17. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor on 10/18/17. (DD, ) (Entered: 10/18/2017)
10/18/2017   Answer Due Deadline Update – The document 16 Stipulation and Order submitted by THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH has been GRANTED. The answer due date has been set for 12/1/17. (DD, ) (Entered: 10/18/2017)
11/17/2017 17 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice by THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH. (Attachments: # 1 Certification Certification of James M. McGuire, Esq., # 2 Certification Certification of Richard A. Gantner, Esq., # 3 Text of Proposed Order, # 4 Certificate of Service)(GANTNER, RICHARD) (Entered: 11/17/2017)m
11/20/2017 Set/Reset Deadlines as to 17 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice . Motion set for 12/18/2017 before Judge John Michael Vazquez. Unless otherwise directed by the Court, this motion will be decided on the papers and no appearances are required. Note that this is an automatically generated message from the Clerk`s Office and does not supersede any previous or subsequent orders from the Court. (DD, ) (Entered: 11/20/2017)
11/28/2017 18 STIPULATION Extending Time to File an Answer, Move or Otherwise Reply by THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate of Service)(GANTNER, RICHARD) (Entered: 11/28/2017)
11/29/2017 19 STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME for deft., THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH to answer Cmp. for an additional (45) days until 1/12/18. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor on 11/29/17. (DD, ) (Entered: 11/29/2017)
11/29/2017 Clerk`s Text Order – The document 19 Stipulation and Order submitted by THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH has been GRANTED. The answer due date has been set for 1/12/18. (DD, ) (Entered: 11/29/2017)
12/06/2017 20 ORDER granting 17 Motion for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice as to JAMES M. MCGUIRE, ESQ. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor on 12/6/17. (DD, ) (Entered: 12/06/2017)
01/12/2018 21 Letter from Ruby Kumar-Thomspon, Esq.. (Attachments: # 1 Fourth Stipulation Extending Time to Answer, # 2 Proof of E-Filing)(GANTNER, RICHARD) (Entered: 01/12/2018)
01/16/2018 22 FOURTH STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME for deft., THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH to answer Cmp. for the last time until 1/31/18. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor on 1/16/18. (DD, ) (Entered: 01/16/2018)
01/16/2018 Answer Due Deadline Update – The document 22 Stipulation and Order submitted by THE TOWNSHIP OF MAHWAH has been GRANTED. The answer due date has been set for 1/31/18. (DD, ) (Entered: 01/16/2018)
01/31/2018 23 Letter from Plaintiffs. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 01/31/2018)
02/15/2018 24 ORDER that the Court will retain jurisdiction over the enforcement of the Settlement Agreement; that the Clerk of the Court shall CLOSE this matter; that if either party wishes to reopen the matter in order to enforce the Settlement Agreement, the party shall submit a letter to the docket requesting that the matter be reopened. Signed by Judge John Michael Vazquez on 2/15/18. (DD, ) (Entered: 02/15/2018)
02/15/2018 ***Civil Case Terminated. (DD, ) (Entered: 02/15/2018)
02/21/2018 25 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by BERGEN ROCKLAND ERUV ASSOCIATION, INC., YISROEL FRIEDMAN, S. MOSHE PINKASOVITS (SULLIVAN, DIANE) (Entered: 02/21/2018)

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