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T oy - L i ng W as hi ngt on appea l s the D i s tr i ctC ourt ’ s or der s gr ant i ng appel l ee U ni on C ountySher i ff’ s D epartm ent ’ s m ot i on fors um m aryj udgm entand denyi ng her m ot i on t o amend hercompl ai nt . T he pr ocedur al hi s t oryof thi s cas e and the det ai l s of W ash ing ton ’s claim s are w ell k n o w n to the p arti es, set fo rth in the D istri ct C o u rt ’s th o ro u g h o p in io n s, a n dn e e dn o t b e d isc u ss e da t len g th . B rie f ly , W a sh in g to n f

iled a c iv il r i ght s compl ai ntagai ns ts ever al defe ndant s . T he D i s tr i ctC ourtgr ant ed s ever al d ef en d an ts’ m o ti o n s to d ism iss an dsu b seq u en tl yg ran ted U n ion C o u n tyS h eriff’s D epartm ent ’ s m ot i on fors um m aryj udgm ent . W as hi ngt on fi l ed a t i m el ynot i ce of appea l chal l engi ng the D i s tr i ctC ourt ’ s or dergr ant i ng the mot i on fors um m aryj udgm entand d e n y in g h e r m o tio n to a m e n dth e c o m p lain t.

W e have j ur i s di ct i on under28 U . S. C . § 1291. W e agr ee w i th the D i s tr i ct C ourtthatthe U ni on C ountySher i ff’ s D epartm entw as ent i t l ed t o s um m aryj udgm enton W as hi ngt on’ s cl ai m s of fa l s e arr es t . A n arr es tw arr anthad bee n i s s ued, and W as hi ngt on has no tal l eged that anyof the app el l ees m ade f al se st at em ents w i th respectt o the arres t w arr ant . See W i l s on v. R us s o, 212 F. 3d 781, 786- 87 ( 3d C i r . 2000) . I tappear s thatthearr es tw arr antw as i s s ued bythe j udge i n W as hi ngt on’ s cr i m i nal cas e af t ers he mi s s ed a h ea ri n g . W ash ing ton w as su b seq u en tl yco n v ict ed o f th ef t byu n law fu l t ak ing o f m o re than $75, 000 and w as s ent ence d t o s even y ear s i n pr i s on. See St at e v. W as hi ngt on, 975 A .2 d9 5 5 (N .J . S u p e r. 2 0 0 9 ).

W a sh in g to n a lso ap p e a ls th e D istric t C o u rt’s o rd e r d e n y in g h e r m o tio n to a me n dh e rc o mp l a i n t . W e r e v i e w s u c h a d e n i a l f o ra n ab u s e o f

d i s c r e t i o n . J o n e s v . ABN A m r o M ort g. G r oup, I nc. 606 F. 3d 119, 123 ( 3d C i r . 2010) . T he D i s tr i ctC ourtdi d not abus e i t s di s cr et i on i n deny i ng W as hi ngt on’ s m ot i on t o amend hercompl ai nt . W e l ack j ur i s di ct i on overW as hi ngt on’ s chal l enge t o the D i s tr i ctC ourt ’ s or der s r emandi ng a m att ert o s t at e courti n a s epar at e D i s tr i ctC ourtcas e.

F o r th e ab o v e re a so n s, w e w illa f f irm th e D istric t C o u rt’s ju d g m e n t.



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