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Strom v. Corbett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Jul 23, 2015
2:14cv1518 (W.D. Pa. Jul. 23, 2015)

Summary

ruling that, after Sprint, Younger does not apply when the pending state action is a divorce proceeding

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Opinion

2:14cv1518

07-23-2015

COLLEEN M. STROM, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS W. CORBETT, in his official capacity as Governor of Pennsylvania, et al., Defendants.


Electronic Filing MEMORANDUM ORDER

AND NOW, this 23rd day of July, 2015, after the plaintiff, Colleen Strom, filed an Amended Complaint in the above-captioned case, and after a motion to dismiss was submitted by Defendants Thomas W. Corbett and Kathleen Kane, and after a Report and Recommendation was filed by the United States Magistrate Judge granting the parties a period of time after being served with a copy to file written objections thereto, and no objections having been filed, and upon independent review of the motion and the record, and upon consideration of the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 38), which is adopted as the opinion of this Court,

IT IS ORDERED that the motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint filed by Defendants Thomas W. Corbett and Kathleen Kane (ECF No. 27) is GRANTED.

/s/_________

David Stewart Cercone

United States District Judge
cc: 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)


Summaries of

Strom v. Corbett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Jul 23, 2015
2:14cv1518 (W.D. Pa. Jul. 23, 2015)

ruling that, after Sprint, Younger does not apply when the pending state action is a divorce proceeding

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Case details for

Strom v. Corbett

Case Details

Full title:COLLEEN M. STROM, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS W. CORBETT, in his official…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Jul 23, 2015

Citations

2:14cv1518 (W.D. Pa. Jul. 23, 2015)

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