Riad v. Brandywine Valley SPCA, Inc.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
JOSEPH RIAD, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) C.A. No: S21C-02-032 MHC
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BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA, )
Inc., A Delaware Corporation, )
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Defendant. )
ORDER
Submitted: July 21, 2023
Decided: August 1, 2023
Upon Consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Reply
Memorandum,
DENIED.
Joseph A. Riad, Pro Se Plaintiff.
Kevin J. Connors, Esquire, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Googin, P.C.,
Wilmington, Delaware, Attorney for Defendant.
CONNER, J.
This 1st day of August 2023, before the Court is Joseph Riad’s (“Plaintiff”)
Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Reply Memorandum. The Court hereby
finds as follows:
1. This Court issued an Order on July 20, 2023, denying Plaintiff’s Motion for
Reargument or Alternatively, Partial Relief from Order. The next day the
Court granted Plaintiff’s local counsel, Heather Long, and Plaintiff’s pro hac
vice counsel, Richard Schimel’s Motions to Withdraw as counsel.
2. That same day, July 21, 2023, Plaintiff filed a pro se Motion for Leave to
File Supplemental Reply Memorandum. Although filed pro se, this Motion
was prepared by Plaintiff’s pro hac vice counsel, Richard Schimel and
Mickala Rector.1 No Delaware counsel remains associated with the case. As
such, any further filings prepared by out of state counsel and filed pro se will
be sent to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel for appropriate action.
3. The purpose of the supplemental memorandum was to correct the Court’s
Order from July 20, 2023, that supposedly contained an incomplete record.2
4. The Court reviewed the Motion and attached memorandum. No new
information was presented in the memorandum that would alter any of the
Court’s previous decisions. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File
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Pl. Mot. for Leave to File Supplemental Reply Mem. ¶ 2.
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Id. ¶ 3.
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Supplemental Reply Memorandum is DENIED and the Court’s Order, dated
July 20, 2023, stands.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Mark H. Conner
Mark H. Conner, Judge
cc: Prothonotary
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