Free Motion to Dismiss - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-01568-MPT

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE CAPTAIN MATTHEW J. JAMISON, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS P. GORDON, SHERRY FREEBERY, COLONEL JOHN L. CUNNINGHAM, COLONEL DAVID F. McALLISTER, and NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 04-1568-MPT

DEFENDANTS' PARTIAL MOTION TO DISMISS Defendants, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, move to dismiss Count I of Plaintiff's Amended Complaint for failure to state a claim. Additionally, Defendants Cunningham and McAllister move for dismissal from both Counts of the Amended Complaint. Finally, the Individual Defendants move for dismissal from the Amended Complaint pursuant to the doctrine of qualified immunity. The reasons for this request are set forth more fully in Defendants' Brief in Support of Their Partial Motion to Dismiss, filed contemporaneously with this Motion.1

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Defendants move to dismiss the Individual Defendants from both Counts and to dismiss Count I altogether. Defendants deny the allegations asserted in Count II. But, Defendants reserve answering Count II until after resolution of this motion, so as to prevent "duplicative sets of pleadings" and to avoid "confusion over the proper scope of discovery during the motion's pendency." 5B Wright & Miller, Fed. Practice and Proc. §1346, at p. 45 (2004); Godleswki v. Affiliated Computer Servs., Inc., 210 F.R.D. 571, 572 (E.D. Va. 2002) (majority rule holds "that the filing of a motion that only addresses part of a complaint suspends the time to respond to the entire complaint, not just to the claims that are the subject of the motion."); Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Citgo Petroleum Corp., No. 92-7394, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12634 at *14 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 7, 1994) (same).

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YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP /s/ William W. Bowser William W. Bowser, Esquire (No. 2239) Margaret M. DiBianca, Esquire (No. 4539) The Brandywine Building 1000 West Street, 17th Floor P.O. Box 391 Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0391 Telephone: (302) 571-6601 Facsimile: (302) 576-3282 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant New Castle County

NEW CASTLE COUNTY LAW DEPARTMENT /s/ Eric L. Episcopo Eric L. Episcopo, Esquire (No. 2258) 87 Reads Way New Castle, DE 19720-1648 Telephone: (302) 571-6601 Facsimile: (302) 576-3282 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants

/s/ Charles E. Butler Charles E. Butler, Esquire (Bar I.D. 2349) 1224 North King Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Telephone: (302) 655-4100 Facsimile: (302) 655-4212 [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants Sherry Freebery, Thomas P. Gordon, and Colonel David F. McAllister, each in their individual capacity

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OBERLY JENNINGS & RHODUNDA, P.A. /s/ Kathleen M. Jennings Kathleen M. Jennings, Esquire (Bar I.D. 913) 1220 North Market Street, Suite 710 P.O. Box 2054 Wilmington, Delaware 19899-2054 Telephone: (302) 576-2000 Facsimile: (302) 576-2004 [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant Colonel John Cunningham

Dated: October 31, 2007