PRALL v. ELLIS, No. 3:2008cv06050 - Document 15 (D.N.J. 2012)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION filed. Signed by Judge Freda L. Wolfson on 12/3/2012. (mmh)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY TORMU E. PRALL, Petitioner, v. CHARLES ELLIS, WARDEN, Respondent. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Petitioner, : : v. : : EAST WINDSOR MUNICIPAL COURT, : : Respondent. : : TORMU E. PRALL, TORMU E. PRALL, Petitioner, v. ASSIGNMENT JUDGE, Respondent. : : : : : : : : : : : Civil No.: 08-6050 (FLW) Civil No.: 09-2603 (FLW) Civil No.: 09-2608 (FLW) TORMU E. PRALL, Petitioner, v. BUCKS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, Respondent. : : : : : : : : : : : Civil No.: 09-3088 (FLW) _________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION _________________________________________________________________ APPEARANCES: TORMU E. PRALL, Petitioner Pro Se #700294B/650739 New Jersey State Prison P.O. Box 861 Trenton, New Jersey 08625 WOLFSON, District Judge THIS MATTER comes before the Court on two applications submitted by Petitioner, Tormu E. Prall, in each of the abovelisted habeas matters, which have been closed since 2009. On or about May 25, 2012, Petitioner filed a Motion to Take Judicial Notice in each of the above matters. 8 and 11, respectively). (Docket entry nos. 13, 8, On or about September 14, 2012, Petitioner submitted a second application entitled Motion for Fed.R.Evid. 201 Relief, in each of the above cases. entry nos. 14, 9, 9 and 12, respectively). 2 (Docket Petitioner s submissions to the Court are considered pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 78. DISCUSSION In the first submission filed on May 25, 2012, Petitioner asks the Court to note that, on May 8, 2012, he had commenced an action against the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the Judicial Council, and Circuit Judges Marjorie O. Rendell, Thomas M. Hardiman, and Jane E. Roth in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. (Motion at ¶ 1). Petitioner further states that in that action, he seeks relief against the defendants for preempting his religious goals and to be relieved from the court rulings made in other actions in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. 3). (Motion at ¶¶ 2- Petitioner also asks the Court to note that he intends to commence an action in the District of Columbia pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb, against the President and senate for the nomination and confirmation of shady, untoward, marginally, and/or wholly, unqualified judges, who burden religion. ¶ 4). (Id. at Petitioner opines that such action, if unsuccessful, will allow scholars and observers who use LexisNexis and Westlaw ... to see that the federal judiciary is overloaded with bias, intolerance, cowardice, impatience, [and] unethical and sadistic judges. (Id. at ¶ 5). 3 Next, in the application submitted on September 14, 2012, Petitioner asks the Court to take judicial notice, under Fed.R.Evid. 201, of the complaint he filed in Prall v. Court of Appeals, Civ.A.No. 12-2813 (E.D.Pa.), the second amended complaint in Prall v. Bocchini, Civ.A.No. 10-1228 (D.N.J.), the complaint in Prall v. Judicial Conference, Civ.A.No. (D.D.C.), and the August 13, 2011 inmate remedy form attached reveal the presence of malice and intention to suppress Prall for remedying violation of his constitutional and statutory rights. (Motion at ¶ 1). First, the Court finds that each of Petitioner s applications, though styled in terms of a motion, does not appear to seek relief pursuant to either the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Local Civil Rules. Rather, these motions purport to seek evidentiary relief in the form of judicial notice, as contemplated under Fed.R.Civ.P. 201. Rule 201 governs the judicial notice of adjudicative facts that are not subject to reasonable dispute, that may be taken by the court on its own or by motion of a party at any stage of the proceeding. 201(a)-(d). Fed.R.Evid. However, as all of these actions have been adjudicated, dismissed and closed for several years, the purported evidentiary relief sought by Petitioner is therefore purposeless and moot. Moreover, much of the language contained in Petitioner s applications is in the form of opinion with 4 respect to his disagreement with prior court rulings and judicial character, and therefore, are not facts reasonably susceptible for judicial notice. Accordingly, Petitioner s submissions are wholly without merit. The Court further notes that Petitioner s submissions, even if construed as motions, fail to conform with the Local Civil Rules. See, e.g., L.Civ.R. 7.1(d), (e). The Court thus, for good cause appearing, hereby notifies Petitioner that no action will be taken upon his May 25, 2012 and September 14, 2012 submissions in the above-captioned matters. The Clerk of the Court will terminate the calendar events associated with those filings accordingly, in each action listed above, and the matters shall remain closed. An appropriate Order follows. /s/ Freda L. Wolfson FREDA L. WOLFSON United States District Judge Dated: December 3, 2012 5

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