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Ahlers v. Nowicki

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Mar 18, 2014
No. 9:12-CV-0539 (DNH/RFT) (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 18, 2014)

Summary

concluding that the claim by CNYPC resident that he was "forced to sleep on dirty sheets for four nights" was a minimal deprivation, at best

Summary of this case from Coffeey v. Hollenbeck

Opinion

No. 9:12-CV-0539 (DNH/RFT)

03-18-2014

KARL AHLERS, Plaintiff, v. JEFFERY NOWICKI, Chief of SOTP, CNYPC; BARBARA MILLER, Director of Administrative Services, CNYPC; CYNTHIA COMSTOCK, Nurse Administrator, SOTP, CNYPC, Defendants.

KARL AHLERS Plaintiff, Pro Se HON. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN Attorney General for the State of New York Attorney for Defendants OF COUNSEL: CATHY Y. SHEEHAN, ESQ. Ass't Attorney General


APPEARANCES: KARL AHLERS
Plaintiff, Pro Se
HON. ERIC T. SCHNEIDERMAN
Attorney General for the State of New York
Attorney for Defendants
OF COUNSEL: CATHY Y. SHEEHAN, ESQ.
Ass't Attorney General
DAVID N. HURD
United States District Judge

DECISION and ORDER

Pro se plaintiff Karl Ahlers brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On February 25, 2014, the Honorable Randolph F. Treece, United States Magistrate Judge, advised by Report-Recommendation that defendants' motion for summary judgment be granted and plaintiff's complaint be dismissed. No objections to the Report-Recommendation were filed.

Based upon a careful review of the entire file and the recommendations of the Magistrate Judge, the Report-Recommendation is accepted in whole. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

Therefore, it is

ORDERED that

1. Defendants' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED; and
2. The complaint is DISMISSED in its entirety.

The Clerk is directed to serve a copy of this Decision and Order upon plaintiff in accordance with the Local Rules.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

__________

United States District Judge
Dated: March 18, 2014

Utica, New York.


Summaries of

Ahlers v. Nowicki

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Mar 18, 2014
No. 9:12-CV-0539 (DNH/RFT) (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 18, 2014)

concluding that the claim by CNYPC resident that he was "forced to sleep on dirty sheets for four nights" was a minimal deprivation, at best

Summary of this case from Coffeey v. Hollenbeck
Case details for

Ahlers v. Nowicki

Case Details

Full title:KARL AHLERS, Plaintiff, v. JEFFERY NOWICKI, Chief of SOTP, CNYPC; BARBARA…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Date published: Mar 18, 2014

Citations

No. 9:12-CV-0539 (DNH/RFT) (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 18, 2014)

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