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§ 1983 i n t he U ni t ed St at es D i s t r i ctC our tfort he D i s t r i ctof N ew J er s ey . O n J ul y28, 2009, t he D i s t r i ctC our tor der ed the def endantt o fi l e a r es pons i ve pl eadi ng w i t hi n t he t i m e s peci fi ed byR ul e 12 of the Feder al R ul es of C i vi l Pr ocedur e. I n a br i ef doc um ent dat ed thats ame day( J ul y28, 2009) , Shum an as ked the courtt o w i t hdr aw hi s compl ai nt b ec au se itw as “ takin g too lon g fo r th is co u rtto p rotec t m yri g h ts. ” T h e D istri ct C o u rt gr ant ed Shum an’ s r eques ton A ugus t10, 2009 and di s m i s s ed the ca s e.

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