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CHASAN LEYNER & LAMPARELLO, PC 300 Harmon Meadow Boulevard Secaucus, New Jersey 07094-3621 (201) 348-6000 Attorneys for Defendants Borough of Dumont and all individual defendants in their official capacities Our File No.: 14146-0003 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ______________________________________________________________________ DONALD WINANT, MICHAEL : Civil Action No.: 2:12-cv-00379(KSH-PS) LICAMELI and JOHN ECKEL : : Plaintiffs, : vs. : : THE BOROUGH OF DUMONT and : COUNCILMAN CARL MANNA (Official : Capacity) CARL MANNA (Individual : Capacity, COUCILMAN ELLEN : ZAMECHANSKY (Official Capacity) : ELLEN ZAMECHANSKY (Individual : Capacity), COUNCILMAN MATHEW : CARRICK (Official Capacity) MATHEW: CARRICK (Individual Capacity) : DEFENDANTS NOTICE OF MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN KENNETH FREEMAN : AN ORDER DISMISSING PLAINTIFFS (Official Capacity), KENNETH : VERIFIED COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO FREEMAN, (Individual Capacity), : FED. R. CIV. P. 12(b)(6) FOR FAILURE TO COUNCILMAN HAROLD STYLIANOU : STATE A CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF (Official Capacity) HAROLD : CAN BE GRANTED STYLIANOU (Individual Capacity), : COUNCILMAN MARTIN CASPARE, : (Official Capacity) MARTIN CASPARE : (Individual Capacity), GREGG : PASTER, ESQ. : : Defendants. : ________________________________ : PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on a date and time to be set by the Court, the undersigned, Chasan Leyner & Lamparello, PC, by Mitzy Galis-Menendez, Esq., on behalf

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of Defendants, Borough of Dumont and all individual defendants in their official capacities shall move before the Honorable Katharine S. Hayden, U.S.D.J., of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for an Order dismissing Plaintiffs Verified Complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Defendants will rely upon the accompanying Brief in support of their motion. CHASAN LEYNER & LAMPARELLO, PC Attorneys for Defendants Borough of Dumont and all individual defendants in their official capacities By: Dated: February 7, 2012

Galis/s/ Mitzy Galis-Menendez

MITZY GALIS-MENENDEZ

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CHASAN LEYNER & LAMPARELLO, PC 300 Harmon Meadow Boulevard Secaucus, New Jersey 07094-3621 (201) 348-6000 Attorneys for Defendants Borough of Dumont and all individual defendants in their official capacities Our File No.: 14146-0003 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ______________________________________________________________________ DONALD WINANT, MICHAEL : Civil Action No.: 2:12-cv-00379(KSH-PS) LICAMELI and JOHN ECKEL : : Plaintiffs, : vs. : : THE BOROUGH OF DUMONT and : COUNCILMAN CARL MANNA (Official : Capacity) CARL MANNA (Individual : Capacity, COUCILMAN ELLEN : ZAMECHANSKY (Official Capacity) : ELLEN ZAMECHANSKY (Individual : Capacity), COUNCILMAN MATHEW : CARRICK (Official Capacity) MATHEW: CARRICK (Individual Capacity) : COUNCILMAN KENNETH FREEMAN : (Official Capacity), KENNETH : ORDER FREEMAN, (Individual Capacity), : COUNCILMAN HAROLD STYLIANOU : (Official Capacity) HAROLD : STYLIANOU (Individual Capacity), : COUNCILMAN MARTIN CASPARE, : (Official Capacity) MARTIN CASPARE : (Individual Capacity), GREGG : PASTER, ESQ. : : Defendants. : ________________________________ : This matter having been opened to the Court on the Motion of Chasan Leyner & Lamparello, PC, by Mitzy Galis-Menendez, Esq., attorney for Defendants Borough of

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Dumont and all individual defendants in their official capacities, for an Order dismissing Plaintiffs Verified Complaint pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and the Court having considered the moving papers, and any opposition thereto, and for good cause shown; IT IS on this ____ day of _________________, 2012, ORDERED that: (1) Dumont; and (2) The Verified Complaint is dismissed in its entirety against Councilman Carl The Verified Complaint is dismissed in its entirety against the Borough of

Manna, Councilwoman Ellen Zamechansky, Councilman Mathew Carrick, Councilman Kenneth Freeman, Councilman Harold Stylianou, Councilman Martin Caspare and Gregg Pastore, Esq., in their official capacity; and (3) hereof. HONORABLE KATHARINE S. HAYDEN, U.S.D.J. A copy of this Order be served upon all parties within 7 days of the date

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CHASAN LEYNER & LAMPARELLO, PC 300 Harmon Meadow Boulevard Secaucus, New Jersey 07094-3621 (201) 348-6000 Attorneys for Defendants Borough of Dumont and all individual defendants in their official capacities Our File No.: 14146-0003 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ______________________________________________________________________ DONALD WINANT, MICHAEL : Civil Action No.: 2:12-cv-00379 (KSH-PS) LICAMELI and JOHN ECKEL : : Plaintiffs, : vs. : : THE BOROUGH OF DUMONT and : COUNCILMAN CARL MANNA (Official : Capacity) CARL MANNA (Individual : Capacity, COUCILMAN ELLEN : ZAMECHANSKY (Official Capacity) : ELLEN ZAMECHANSKY (Individual : Capacity), COUNCILMAN MATHEW : CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE CARRICK (Official Capacity) MATHEW: CARRICK (Individual Capacity) : COUNCILMAN KENNETH FREEMAN : (Official Capacity), KENNETH : FREEMAN, (Individual Capacity), : COUNCILMAN HAROLD STYLIANOU : (Official Capacity) HAROLD : STYLIANOU (Individual Capacity), : COUNCILMAN MARTIN CASPARE, : (Official Capacity) MARTIN CASPARE : (Individual Capacity), GREGG : PASTER, ESQ. : : Defendants. : ________________________________ : MITZY GALIS-MENENDEZ, ESQ., of full age hereby certifies as follows: 1. I am an attorney admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey and

member of the law firm of Chasan Leyner & Lamparello, PC, attorneys for Defendants,

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Borough of Dumont and all individual defendants in their official capacities in the abovecaptioned matter. 2. On February 7, 2012, Defendants Notice of Motion for an Order

Dismissing Plaintiffs Verified Complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, was electronically filed and mailed with the Clerk of the United States District Court, District of New Jersey as well as served via lawyers service upon: Frederic C. Goetz, Esq. The Law Offices of Frederic C. Goetz, Esq., LLC 1011 Hudson Avenue, Post Office Box 454 Ridgefield, New Jersey 07657 and served electronically upon: Edward J. Florio, Esq. Florio & Kenny, L.L.P. 5 Marine View Plaza, Suite 103 P.O. Box 771 Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 and two courtesy copies to: Honorable Katharine S. Hayden, U.S.D.J. United States District Court King Federal Building & United States Courthouse 50 Walnut Street, P.O. Box 999 Newark, New Jersey 07101 I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true. I am aware that if any of the foregoing statements made by me are willfully false, I am subject to punishment. CHASAN LEYNER & LAMPARELLO, PC Attorneys for Defendants Borough of Dumont and all individual defendants in their official capacities By: Dated: February 7, 2012 /s/ Mitzy Galis-Menendez MITZY GALIS-MENENDEZ

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(Via E-File) Mr. William T. Walsh Clerk of the United States District Court Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse 50 Walnut Street Newark, New Jersey 07101

KATHLEEN LANG ANN M. MERRITT MICHAEL A. CASSATA JOSEPH A. GARCIA MARK S. HANNA JOSE VILARIO ROOSEVELT JEAN KIRSTIN BOHN JOSEPH A. LAGANA JOHN M. TUNTEVSKI RICHARD W. FOGARTY MARIA P. VALLEJO RAYMOND J. SEIGLER ROBERT E. FINN DANIEL R. LAGANA AMANDA E. JACKSON JAMES A. LEWIS V REKA BALA

Re:

Donald Winant, et al. v. The Borough of Dumont Civil Action No.: 2:12-cv-00379 (KSH-PS) Our File No.: 14146-0003

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This firm represents Defendants Borough of Dumont and all individual defendants in their official capacities in the above matter. Attached please find the following: Defendants Notice of Motion for an Order dismissing Plaintiffs Verified Complaint pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted; Brief; Proposed form of Order; and Certification of Service.

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Mr. William T. Walsh February 7, 2012 Page 2

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Very truly yours,

Galis/s/ Mitzy Galis-Menendez

MITZY GALIS-MENENDEZ For the Firm MGM:pac Enclosure c: Hon. Katharine S. Hayden, U.S.D.J. Frederic C. Goetz, Esq. Edward J. Florio, Esq. Gregg Paster, Esq. John P. Perkins, CPM, Borough Administrator