La Spina v. U.S. Attorney's Office
- John Koeltl
- 1:21-cv-01556
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 14
In La Spina v. U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge Koeltl ordered the clerk to mail Lawrence La Spina a copy of the order and record service.
Lawrence La Spina and the Clerk’s Office; the order directed the clerk to mail La Spina a copy and record service.
What happened
In La Spina v. U.S. Attorney’s Office, the court received an opposition brief from plaintiff Lawrence La Spina, who was representing himself.
The attached brief opposed the defendants’ motion to dismiss and discussed restitution collection, notice, and deductions from La Spina’s Social Security payments. The order itself did not address those arguments.
Judge John G. Koeltl directed the Clerk’s Office to mail a copy of the order to La Spina’s last known address and record service on the docket.
The detailed version
- La Spina v. U.S. Attorney's Office · No. 1:21-cv-01556
- John Koeltl
- Oct. 13, 2021
What the court addressed
The court stated that it had received an opposition brief from plaintiff Lawrence La Spina, who was proceeding without a lawyer. The attached brief opposed the defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and raised arguments about the collection of criminal restitution, notice of an intended debt offset, and deductions from La Spina’s Social Security payments.
What the court ordered
The court did not rule on the motion to dismiss or decide the issues discussed in the attached brief. Instead, Judge John G. Koeltl directed the Clerk’s Office to mail a copy of the order to La Spina’s last known address and to note service on the docket.
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