Opinion
5:20-CV-330 (MAD/ML)
08-03-2020
JENNIFER L. HUNT, Plaintiff, v. SHAPIRO, DICARO & BARAK, LLC, et al., Defendants.
APPEARANCES: JENNIFER L. HUNT 4220 Jordan Road Skaneateles, New York 13152 Plaintiff pro se SHAPIRO, DICARO & BARAK, LLC 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 Attorneys for Defendants WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 Attorneys for Defendants OF COUNSEL: ELLIS M. OSTER, ESQ. HEATHER ELIZABETH SAYDAH, ESQ.
APPEARANCES:
JENNIFER L. HUNT
4220 Jordan Road
Skaneateles, New York 13152
Plaintiff pro se SHAPIRO, DICARO & BARAK, LLC
175 Mile Crossing Boulevard
Rochester, New York 14624
Attorneys for Defendants WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Attorneys for Defendants
OF COUNSEL:
ELLIS M. OSTER, ESQ. HEATHER ELIZABETH SAYDAH,
ESQ. Mae A. D'Agostino, U.S. District Judge :
DECISION AND ORDER
I. INTRODUCTION
On March 24, 2020, Plaintiff pro se Jennifer L. Hunt ("Plaintiff") commenced this action against Defendants Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC, Ellis M. Oster, Esq., and Bank of America, N.A. (collectively "Defendants"), asserting a variety of claims arising from and relating to a state court mortgage foreclosure action. See generally Dkt. No. 1. Defendants filed a joint motion to dismiss the complaint on June 1, 2020, arguing that the complaint must be dismissed because the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, that the claims are barred by res judicata and/or collateral estoppel, and that Plaintiff's claims are time-barred, preempted by federal law, conclusory, contrary to the record, and do not state a plausible claim for relief. See generally Dkt. Nos. 17-11, 19. On July 6, 2020, this Court granted Defendants' joint motion to dismiss in its entirety. See Dkt. No. 27. Presently before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration. See Dkt. No. 30. For the following reasons, the motion is denied.
II. BACKGROUND
The Court assumes the parties' familiarity with the background of this case, as detailed in the July 6, 2020 Memorandum-Decision and Order. See Dkt. No. 27.
III. DISCUSSION
A. Standard of Review
Motions for reconsideration proceed in the Northern District of New York under Local Rule 7.1(g). See Maye v. New York, No. 1:10-CV-1260, 2011 WL 4566290, *2 n.6 (N.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 2011). "'In order to prevail on a motion for reconsideration, the movant must satisfy stringent requirements.'" Id. (quoting C-TC 9th Ave. P'ship v. Norton Co. (In re C-TC 9th Ave. P'ship), 182 B.R. 1, 2 (N.D.N.Y. 1995)). A motion for reconsideration "will generally be denied unless the moving party can point to controlling decisions or data that the court overlooked - matters, in other words, that might reasonably be expected to alter the conclusion reached by the court." Shrader v. CSX Transp., Inc., 70 F.3d 255, 257 (2d Cir. 1995). "Accordingly, earlier decisions in a case 'may not usually be changed unless there is an intervening change of controlling law, the availability of new evidence, or the need to correct a clear error or prevent a manifest injustice.'" In re Edny Cathode Ray Tube Antitrust Cases, No. 17-CV-4504, 2017 WL 4351503, *1 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 2017) (quoting Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of Color Tile, Inc. v. Coopers & Lybrand LLP, 322 F.3d 147, 167 (2d Cir. 2003)). "[A] motion to reconsider should not be granted where the moving party seeks solely to relitigate an issue already decided." Shrader, 70 F.3d at 257.
B. Analysis
Plaintiff asserts that this Court erred in dismissing Plaintiff's complaint because the Court "assumed the plaintiff in this federal case was also the plaintiff in the state foreclosure case . . . misapplied the [Rooker-Feldman] doctrine, . . . provided an unfair advantage [to] fellow B.A.R. Members" and that the Court's jurisdiction was procured through fraud. Dkt. No. 30 at 1, 4. Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration fails to assert any of the previously mentioned circumstances justifying reconsideration. The instant motion cites no controlling law or factual matters the Court overlooked that might reasonably be expected to alter the outcome of the Court's Memorandum-Decision and Order. Plaintiff is merely attempting to relitigate the issues already considered at length by this Court in its July 6, 2020 Memorandum-Decision and Order.
As Plaintiff has failed to identify any controlling law or factual matters put to the Court on the underlying motion that the Court demonstrably did not consider, Plaintiff's motion must be denied.
IV. CONCLUSION
After carefully reviewing the record in this matter and the applicable law, and for the reasons stated herein, the Court hereby
ORDERS that Plaintiff's motion for reconsideration (Dkt. No. 30) is DENIED; and the Court further
ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Memorandum-Decision and Order on all parties in accordance with the Local Rules.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 3, 2020
Albany, New York
/s/ _________
Mae A. D'Agostino
U.S. District Judge