Prescott v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

CourtDistrict Court, E.D. New York
DecidedJanuary 7, 2020
Docket1:17-cv-06508
StatusUnknown

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Bluebook
Prescott v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, (E.D.N.Y. 2020).

Opinion

FiLii IN CLERK'S OFFICE U.S. DISTRICT COURT E.D.w.Y. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT * JAN 2020 * EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Cae acaransnees Se oa See SE PSs SX BROOKLYN OF JO ANN PRESCOTT, ET AL., OFFICE

Plaintiffs, : : MEMORANDUM AND ORDER -against- : 17-CV-6508 (ENV) (ST) NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE : COMPANY, : Defendant. x VITALIANO, D.J. Jo Ann Prescott commenced this action on behalf of herself and Prescott Coverage, LLC d/b/a Prescott Insurance & Financial Services (collectively “Prescott”), against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”) alleging fraud in the assignment of servicing rights to plaintiffs in 2008 in that it concealed the existence of a federal lawsuit filed by Carlos Balcarcel (“Balcarcel’’), who was the previous assignee of the servicing rights. See Complaint 4 31-33. Before the Court is the August 27, 2019 Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione, which recommends that (1) Nationwide’s motion for summary judgment be granted and, (2) Nationwide’s motion for sanctions be denied. Dkt. 36; see also Dkts. 34, 35. On September 10, 2019, Prescott filed timely written objections to portions of the R&R, and, on September 24, 2019, Nationwide responded.! See Dkts. 37 (“Objections”), 38 (“Response to Objections”). For the reasons that follow, the R&R is

' Rule 72(b) does not permit reply briefing unless filed with leave. Prescott having neither sought nor received leave, the reply briefing will not be considered on plaintiffs’ objections to the R&R. See Duncan v. Cigna Life Ins. Co. of New York, No. 10-CV-1164 SJF ARL, 2011 WL 6960621, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 30, 2011), aff'd, 507 F. App’x 61 (2d Cir. 2013); MTC Elec. Techs. S’holder Litig., 74 F. Supp. 2d 276, 281 (E.D.N.Y. 1999).

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