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holding that a detective initiated criminal proceedings against the plaintiff when he "completed an Affidavit of Probable Cause" and "arrested [the defendant]"
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Civil Action No. 02-1493 (FLW).
September 29, 2005
ORDER
This matter having been opened to the Court upon the motions for summary judgment filed by: 1) Evesham Township Board of Education, Linda Moore, Elaine Daniele, Frank Summers and John Bigley against Plaintiff Christopher Grendysa, 2) Detective Frank Troso against Christopher Grendysa, 3) Shawn Hicks, Robert Hicks and Julia Hicks against Grendysa, 4) Eren Brewer, Carol Hard, William Darrah and William Bradley against Christopher Grendysa on the complaint, and 5) Evesham Township Board of Education, Linda Moore and John Bigley against Defendants/Crossclaimants Eren Brewer, Carol Hard, William Darrah and William Bradley; the Court having considered: i) the moving and reply papers filed by Evesham Township Board of Education, Linda Moore, Elaine Daniele, Frank Summers and John Bigley, ii) the moving and reply papers filed by Evesham Township Board of Education, Linda Moore and John Bigley, iii) the moving and reply papers filed by Shawn Hicks, Robert Hicks and Julia Hicks, iv) the moving and reply papers filed by Detective Frank Troso, v) the moving and opposition papers filed by Eren Brewer, Carol Hard, William Darrah and William Bradley, and vi) the opposition papers filed by Christopher Grendysa; the Court having conducted oral argument on September 9, 2005; for the reasons expressed in the Court's Opinion filed herewith; and for good cause shown,
IT IS on this 29th day of September, 2005,
ORDERED that the motion for summary judgment filed by Detective Frank Troso against Plaintiff Christopher Grendysa is GRANTED; and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion for summary judgment filed by Evesham Township Board of Education, Linda Moore, Elaine Daniele, Frank Summers and John Bigley against Plaintiff Christopher Grendysa is GRANTED; and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion for summary judgment filed by Shawn Hicks, Robert Hicks and Julia Hicks against Plaintiff Christopher Grendysa is GRANTED; and it is further,
ORDERED that the motion for summary judgment filed by Eren Brewer, Carol Hard, William Darrah and William Bradley against Plaintiff Christopher Grendysa on the complaint is GRANTED; and it is further,
ORDERED that Christopher Grendysa's claims against James Hubbard and the Daraios are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE; and it is further,
ORDERED that the third party claim filed by Eren Brewer, Carol Hard, William Darrah and William Bradley against T.L.C. Funding, Inc.-MA is DISMISSED; and it is further,
ORDERED that the third party claim filed by Eren Brewer, Carol Hard, William Darrah and William Bradley against certain John Does is DISMISSED; and it is further,
ORDERED that Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the following state law claims: 1) the crossclaims brought by Eren Brewer, Carol Hard, William Darrah and William Bradley against the Evesham Township Board of Education, Linda Moore and John Bigley, and 2) the counterclaim brought by Eren Brewer, Carol Hard, William Darrah and William Bradley against Grendysa; these claims are hereby remanded to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Cape May County; and it is further,
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall mark the case as CLOSED.