CLD-095 NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 18-2738
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STANLEY J. CATERBONE,
Appellant
v.
LANCASTER CITY BUREAU OF POLICE; CRAIG STEDMAN, Lancaster County
District Attorney; STEVE MIDCLIFF, CEO Lancaster Regional Hospital; DR.
ANTHONY MASTROPIETRO, Medical Director Lancaster Regional Hospital; LINDA
S. WENGER, PA-C Lancaster Regional Hospital; CHRISTINE M. DANG, M.D.
Lancaster Regional Hospital; MASTROPIETRO ASSCOCIATES FAMILY PRACTICE;
BLACK AND BLACK DENTAL; DR. JOHN E. BLACK, III, Black and Black Dental;
SOUTHEAST HEALTH CLINIC BRIGHTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH; DR. LEO
DORIZYNSKI, Psychiatry Department Lancaster General Hospital; DR. SEAN
COLDREN, M.D. Psychiatry Department Lancaster General Hospital; DR. EMILY
PRESSLEY, M.D. Psychiatry Department Lancaster General Hospital; DR. DANIEL
MCINTYRE, M.D. Lancaster General Hospital; LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY; DR. TATE, Lancaster Emergency Associates of
Lancaster General Hospital; AMY MILLHOUSE, Lancaster General Hospital; OFFICER
ERIC MCCRADY, Lancaster City Bureau of Police; LANCASTER COUNTY
MENTAL HEALTH/MENTAL RETARDATION DEPARTMENT COUNTY OF
LANCASTER; JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, Director Mental Health/Mental Retardation
Department; CRISIS INTERVENTION OF LANCASTER COUNTY; MR. MCCARDY,
Executive Director Crisis Intervention of Lancaster County; BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF LANCASTER PA; DENNIS STUCKEY, Chairman
Board of Commissioners County of Lancaster PA; HOUSE OF PASTA BAR &
RESTAURANT; YORGEY'S RESTAURANT & BAR; UPS COPY STORE; ART
WARD PROPERIETOR UPS COPY STORE; PENNSYLVANNIA STATE POLICE
TROOP J. LINCOLN HIGHWAY EAST; COMMANDER PA STATE POLICE
TROOP J LINCOLN HIGHWAY EAST; PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (PENNDOT); BEVERLY J. POINTS, Esq. Legal Counsel
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; LANCASTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF SHERIFFS; TERRY BERGMAN, Sheriff of Lancaster County Department of
Sheriffs; MARK REESE, Chief Deputy Lancaster County Department of Sheriffs;
RANDALL O. WENGER, Prothonotary; LANCASTER REGIONAL MEDICAL
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CENTER; DR. L. WENGER, Lancaster Regional Medical Center; WEIS MARKETS;
WEIS PHARMACY; AMY BRENT, Pharmacist District Manager Weis Market; CVS
PHARMACY Manor Shopping Center; FULTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION;
FULTON BANK; MR. R. SCOTT SMITH, CEO Fulton Financial Corporation; PHILLIP
WENGER, COO Fulton Financial Corporation; MR. CRAIG RODA, CEO Fulton Bank;
MS. DANA CHRYST, Board of Directors Fulton Financial Corporation; GENERAL
HOSPITAL; DR. WEST, New Holland Dental Clinic; LANCASTER NEWSPAPERS
INC.; STEVE WEAVER, Manager Lancaster Newspaper; JOHN BUCKWALTER,
Board of Directors Chairman Lancaster Newspapers; HIGH INDUSTRIES; FRANK
MACCABE, High Hotels; S. DALE HIGH, High Industries; BARLEY SNYDER LLC.;
SHAWN LONG, Esq., Barley Snyder LLC; WGAL TV-8; PAUL QUINN, General
Manager WGAL TV-8; DOUG ALLEN, WGAL TV-8; JANELLE STELLSON, WGAL
TV-8; SUSAN SHIPIRO, WGAL TV-8; BARBARA BARR, WGAL TV-8;
LANCASTER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS LANCASTER; COPY
MAX/IMPRESSO OFFICE MAX; LANCASTER COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS,
Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas; RYAN P. AUMENT, Lancaster County
Clerk of Courts; LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT; NURSE 1, of July 13 2009 of the Lancaster General Hospital
Emergency Department; NURSE 2, of July 13 2009 of the Lancaster General Hospital
Emergency Department; DR. VITO DICAMILLO, of the Lancaster General Hospital
Emergency Department; WACHOVIA BANK; BRANCH MANAGER WACHOVIA
BANK; ANNIE BAILEYS RESTAURANT AND BAR; MARION COURTROOM
RESTAURANT AND BAR; MARION STREET CAFE; MIKE GEESEY, Proprietor
Marion Courtroom; ALLEY KAT BAR AND RESTAURANT; JOHN KATRAS,
Proprietor Alley Kat Bar and Restaurant; BRETT STABLEY, Manager Alley Kat Bar
and Restaurant; ROSA ROSA RESTAURANT; RUBY TUESDAY RESTUARANT
BAR AND GRILL Manor Shopping Center; VALENTINOS CAFE, Lancaster;
BRICKYARD BAR; LANCASTER COUNTY RESTUARANT ASSOCIATION;
DAVID PFLUMM; PENNSYLVANIA CAREER LINK, Liberty Place; LANCASTER
EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AGENCY (LETA); MARK SPRUNGER, Executive
Director LETA; RED ROSE TRANSIT AUTHORITY (RRTA); DAVID KILMER, Red
Rose Transit Authority; LANCASTER CITY POLICE BUREAU; KEITH SADDLER,
Chief of Police Lancaster City Police Bureau; SGT. RICHARD COSMORE, Lancaster
City Police Bureau Lancaster; CITY HOUSING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT; MR.
MCGUIRE, Lancaster City Housing Inspection; DEPARTMENT AND NON-
UNIFORMED UNION REPRESENTATIVE; LANCASTER CITY POLICE UNION;
RICHARD GRAY, Mayor City of Lancaster; LANCASTER COUNTYWIDE
COMMUNICATIONS; WILLIAM RICHARD PLANK; RESIDENTS OF 1200 BLOCK
FREMONT STREET LANCASTER PA; LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY OFFICE; CRAIG STEDMAN, Lancaster District Attorney; MICHAEL
LANDIS, Detective Lancaster County District Atty Office; LOUIS FARINA, President
Judge Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas; JUDGE JAMES P. CULLEN,
Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas; PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR CONTROL
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BOARD, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; THOMAS CORBETT, Attorney General
Office Pennsylvania Attorney General; UNITED STATES ATTORNEY OFFICE OF
THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA; ERIC HOLDER, United States
Attorney General; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI), Harrisburg
Office; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI), Philadelphia Office;
SHERYL CROW, Interscope Recording Artist; UNITED STATES NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY (NSA); UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
(D.O.D.); DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (DIA); ROBERT
GATES, United States Secretary of Defense; BARACK OBAMA, United States
President; DR. AMINTA HAWKINS-BREAN, PH.D. Vice President Student Affairs
Millersville University; JODIE RICHARDSON, Secretary of Student Affairs Millersville
University; LORI B. AUSTIN, Director of Judicial Affairs Millersville University;
VICTOR DESANTIS, Director Graduate Studies and Research Program Millersville
University; MARJORIE M. WARMKESSLER, PH.D. Humanities Librarian and
Librarian Instruction Coordinator Millersville University; MILLERSVILLE
UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT; NATHANIEL BOMBERGER, Legislative
Assistant; P. MICHAEL STURLA, Pennsylvania House of Representatives; JOHN
ROCHAT, Chief of Police Millersville Borough Police Department; MILLERSVILLE
BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT; ROBERT S. WALKER; ATT MOBILE
PHONE; SPRINT MOBILE PHONE; BEST BUY; HILDEY'S BAR; THE JUKE BOX;
JOHN KATRAS; FLEET AND AUTO; PRESS ROOM; LNP ENTERPRISES;
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY; OFFICE MAX; LANCASTER REGIONAL
HEALTH SYSTEM; PATIENT FIRST URGENT CARE; ALTANA RESTAURANT;
BEN FRANK; AMALFI PROPERTIES; TELLUS360 BAR AND RESTUARANT;
CORTY BYRON; ANNIE BAILEY' S RESTAURANT; JOSHUA FUNK; CIGAR
BAR; DANIEL FALCON; LANCASTER DISPENSING COMPANY; BRADLEY
DEFORGE; JUDY ROSS; YORGOS BAR AND RESTAURANT; GEORGE
KATSAROS; MRS. KATSAROS; LENS CRAFTERS; DR. JOHN H. BROADDUS &
ASSOCIATES, Optometrists; CARTRIDGE WORLD; KOHLS DEPARTMENT
STORE; EYEMART EXPRESS STORE; DR. HARRY BREITMAN; OFFICE MAX
STORE #854; CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, CIA; LEON PANETTA,
Director, Central Intelligence Agency; MARRIOTT MOTEL; PENN SQUARE GRILL
AND BAR; INTERSTATE HOTELS & RESORTS; SPRING HOUSE BREWING
COMPANY, Taproom; President DONALD J. TRUMP; MR. JEFFREY SESSIONS,
United States Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice; GEICO ADVANTAGE
INSURANCE COMPANY; JESSICA BAAS of Geico Insurance Company; RICH
RUOFF, Founder of Roots and Blues; LANCASTER ROOTS AND BLUES FESTIVAL;
DENNIS REINAKER, Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas President Judge;
DAVID ASHWORTH, Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas Judge; JEFFREY D.
WRIGHT, Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas Judge; ADAM J. WITKONIS,
Lancaster County Magisterial District Court Judge; LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE; LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
CHIEF OF DETECTIVES; MASON PFLUMM, Stalking, Harassment, Threats;
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ABIGAL PFLUMM, Stalking, Harassment, Threat; ELIZABETH PFLUMM, Stalking,
Harassment, Threats; KEAGAN PFLUMM, Stalking, Harassment, Threats; WILLIAM
PFLUMM, Stalking, Harassment, Threats; GREG BURIE, Stalking, Harassment,
Threats; KEVIN HOBDAY, Stalking, Harassment, Threats; ANNA CATERBONE,
Stalking, Harassment, Threats; STEVE CATERBONE, Stalking, Harassment, Threats;
PHIL CATERBONE, Stalking, Harassment, Threats; KIESHLA CALCORFI,
Pritz/Enterprise Auto- False Statements to Authorities; LANCASTER
BARNSTORMERS; DAKOTA BASEBALL; IAN RIZOW; BOB LISS; STEVE
ZUCKERMAN; BOB ZUCKERMAN; FREMONT STREET NEIGHBORS; ROBERT
GEIGER; CAROL GEIGER; CHARLES WEICKSEL; JOSHUA M TANNER;
CHARLES WEICKSEL; KARLA AREAS; THEODORE R WILSON, JR.; JENNIFER
N WILSON; CHARLES S WEICKSEL, SR.; LINDA NOLL; FRANK C FIX, II; A
MARLENE FIX; JANICE L MCELROY; NORBERT E. HERR; BERYL M. HERR;
WILLIAM C HOLZ; JILL SHORT; CHRISTINE MCCUEN; VIVAK PATEL;
RONALD N TROUT; JEANETTE E. TROUT; KATHERINE SHAMBAUGH; BRUCE
E CULLERS; TRACEY L. CULLERS; KENNETH W LAUKHUFF; MARLENE
LAUKHUFF; M EILEEN BAUER; BRIAN M PARIS; JUSTIN E FISHER; 789 MAIN
STREET LLC; DAVID M SCHRECK; EDWARD EVINS; FRANCES C
FOEHLINGER; RONALD D BOWMAN; LORI C BOWMAN; DANIEL COLON;
DAWN M SUTTON; KENDALL SUTTON; ERIK GRAHAM; COURTNEY
GRAHAM; RONALD L GROFF; HELEN E. GROFF; RICHARD L BOAS; SYLVIA F
BOAS; MARYANN BECHTEL; PETE BECHTEL; MEGAN BECHTEL; WALTER F
HERZOG; BARBARA SAGERER; THU VAN NGUYEN; HOI THI DOAN; FRED L.
DINGS, II; MELODY M DINGS; ELIZABETH M DEAN; FAIZA ALI; RICHARD L
HILL; LINDA L HILL; MANUEL TORIBIO; TORIBIO TORIBIO; SABRINA
KAUFFMAN; SANDRA DELAHOZ; JAMES T BORTZFIELD; LINDA MOYER;
DANIEL MOYER, IV, Garages and Orchard; THERESA A ARMARTER; MELVIN
STEPHANIE; JONATHAN MICHAEL MCDOWELL; ROBERTA M
ZETTLEMOYER; PROGRAM ASSISTANCE CORP; JACQUELINE N FLAHARTY;
DAVID DARRAH; BELLVEDERE INN; THE HONORABLE EDWARD G. SMITH,
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; CENTER CITY
BRANCH LANCASTER YMCA; RAYMOND PENNINO; VILLANOVA WEST BAR
AND RESTUARANT; RANDY, Bartender; HOUSE OF PASTA; ASHLEY DOE; THE
GRAHAMS; LOWES STORE; MILLER OPTICAL; TJ ROCKWELLS RESTAURANT
AND BAR; MANHIEM TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT; M&T BANK;
KRISTINA E. FINDIKYAN; HEARST CORPORATION; WGAL-TV; SGT.
CHARLES M. MELHORN of Manheim Township Police Department; PETE ANDERS
of Millersville University Police Department; MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY POLICE
DEPARTMENT; TURKEY HILL CONVENIENCE STORES; PENNSYLVANIA
SUPERIOR COURT PROTHONOTARY; PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT
PROTHONOTARY; MARK ZUCKERBERG; FACEBOOK; PA FILE AND SERVE;
JAMES ELMER MITCHELL; JOHN BRUCE JESSEN, CIA Torture Psychologists;
NAUGHTY GOOSE BAR; LOXLEY' BAR AND RESTAURANT; SKETCHERS
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STORE; AMVETS POST 19; SONS OF SQUADRON 19; KEVIN MILLER;
CHRISTOPHER A. WRAY, Director of the FBI; WEIS PHARMACY; JOHN DOE,
Pharmacist One Weis Pharmacy; JANE DOE, Pharmacist Two Weis Pharmacy; CVS
PHARMACY; JOHN DOE, Pharmacist One CVS Pharmacy; BRENDEES IRISH BAR;
MISTER LUBECENTER; JARRAD BERKIHISER, Acting Chief, Lancaster City Police
Dept; D KANUCK of the Lancaster City Police Department; S.A.I.C. CORPORATION;
DEBORAH LEE JAMES, CEO, S.A.I.C. Corporation; BOBBY RAY INMAN; LT.
BRADLEY SHENK, Lancaster City Police Department; OFFICER HERR, Lancaster
City Police Departments; OFFICER ROTHERMEL, Lancaster City Police Department;
OFFICER HAGEN, Lancaster City Police Department; LANCASTER COUNTY
PRISON; CHERYL STEBERGER, Warden, Lancaster County Prison; LT. LEESE,
Lancaster County Prison; DR. LEE, Lancaster County Prison; MDJ ADAM
WITKONIS, Lancaster County District Magistrate; ADA ELLISON, Assistant Lancaster
County District Attorney; DR. LIVIA K. BAUBLITZ, D.O.; ASHLEY BLAKE, Pretrial
Intake Specialist, Lancaster County Court Administration, Bail Supervision; DANENE
SORACE, Lancaster City Mayor; DENISE REINAKER, Lancaster County Court of
Common Pleas President Judge; GINA HASPEL, Director of the Central Intelligence
Agency, CIA; NEW HOLLAND DENTAL CLINIC
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On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(D.C. Civil No. 18-cv-02710)
District Judge: Honorable Jeffrey L. Schmehl
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Submitted for Possible Dismissal Due to a Jurisdictional Defect,
Possible Dismissal Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), or
Summary Action Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6
February 7, 2019
Before: CHAGARES, RESTREPO, and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed February 19, 2019)
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OPINION*
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This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.
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PER CURIAM
Stanley J. Caterbone appeals from an order of the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, which dismissed his complaint. We will dismiss his
appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i).
Caterbone filed a “Preliminary Injunction for Emergency Relief,” followed by an
“Amended Preliminary Injunction for Emergency Relief,” each naming 294 defendants.
The District Court construed the filings as a complaint and an amended complaint. After
granting Caterbone’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), on July 24, 2018, the
Court dismissed the majority of the claims in the complaints with prejudice as factually
frivolous under the screening provisions of § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). However, the Court
dismissed without prejudice Caterbone’s claims based on an involuntary commitment in
2016 and a false arrest and imprisonment claim on a stalking charge in November 2017,
and allowed Caterbone to file a second amended complaint within thirty days, based on
those claims only.
Instead of filing a second amended complaint, Caterbone filed a motion for
reconsideration, appearing to defend the sufficiency of his earlier filed amended
complaint. The District Court denied the motion on August 1, 2018, and Caterbone
appealed.
We first address our appellate jurisdiction. We have jurisdiction to review final
orders of the District Court. 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We generally do not have jurisdiction to
consider an appeal from an order when any of the claims have been dismissed without
prejudice. See Borelli v. City of Reading, 532 F.2d 950, 951-52 (3d Cir. 1976) (per
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curiam). But because Caterbone did not file a second amended complaint within the time
that the District Court allowed, the dismissal of his claims without prejudice has become
final.1 See Batoff v. State Farm Ins. Co., 977 F.2d 848, 851 n.5 (3d Cir. 1992).
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i), we must dismiss an appeal that “lacks an
arguable basis either in law or in fact.” Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989).
We agree with the District Court that the claims of the amended complaint that were
dismissed with prejudice consisted of rambling and vague allegations that lacked any
arguable basis in fact. And to the extent any of the allegations were grounded in reality,
those claims failed for the other reasons given by the District Court: (1) the complaint
fails to comply with Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as it lacks “a short
and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief”; (2) there is
no private right of action under the criminal statutes that Caterbone cites; (3) he attempts
to sue entities or persons that are immune from suit, such as federal agencies, the
Pennsylvania State Police, and state court judges; and (4) many of his claims are barred
by the two-year statute of limitations for civil rights claims. See Dkt. #5. As for the
claims that were dismissed without prejudice, we agree with the District Court that those
claims were also deficient as pleaded, as Caterbone’s complaint failed to provide
“sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to ‘state a claim to relief that is plausible on
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Indeed, the District Court denied Caterbone’s motion for reconsideration, and
Caterbone filed his notice of appeal, before the 30 days had elapsed. We therefore
review both the dismissal order and the order denying reconsideration.
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its face.’” See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (quoting Bell Atlantic Corp.
v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007)).
Caterbone’s motion for reconsideration also lacked merit. Because the motion
failed to point out any error in the District Court’s original decision that would require
reconsideration, or otherwise provide a basis for reconsideration, the District Court did
not abuse its discretion in denying the motion. See Lazaridis v. Wehmer, 591 F.3d 666,
669 (3d Cir. 2010) (per curiam).
Similarly, Caterbone’s notice of appeal and the documents that he filed in support
of this appeal do not explain how his amended complaint complied with Fed. R. Civ. P.
Rule 8, nor does he challenge the District Court’s other bases for dismissal: that there is
no private right of action under the criminal statutes that he cites, that he has attempted to
sue immune persons and entities, and that many of his claims are time-barred. Rather,
the documents simply repeat fantastical allegations from his amended complaint and add
other similarly improbable allegations. Because the appeal has no arguable legal merit,
we will dismiss the appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). See Third Circuit LAR
27.4 and I.O.P. 10.6.
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