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holding that “denying a prisoner's institutional grievance is not the type of personal involvement required to state a Bivens claim for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs”
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Civil Action No. 2:06cv103.
November 20, 2007
ORDER
It will be recalled that on March 30, 2007, Magistrate Judge Seibert filed his Report and Recommendation, wherein the Plaintiff was directed, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), to file with the Clerk of Court any written objections within ten (10) days after being served with a copy of the Report and Recommendation. On April 9, 2007, Plaintiff filed his Objections to Magistrate's Report and Recommendation.
Upon examination of the report from the Magistrate Judge, it appears to the Court that the issues raised by the Plaintiff in his Complaint, brought pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), wherein Plaintiff alleges that he was denied medical care for an injured wrist, were thoroughly considered by Magistrate Judge Seibert in his Report and Recommendation. Upon review of the Plaintiff's objections, the Court finds that the Plaintiff has not raised any issues that were not already throughly considered and addressed by the Magistrate Judge in his Report and Recommendation. Moreover, the Court, upon an independent de novo consideration of all matters now before it, is of the opinion that the Report and Recommendation accurately reflects the law applicable to the facts and circumstances before the Court in this action. Therefore, it is ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Seibert's Report and Recommendation be, and the same hereby is, accepted in whole and that this civil action be disposed of in accordance with the recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the Plaintiff's Bivens Complaint be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915A(b) and 1915(e) for failure to state a claim. It is further
ORDERED that the above-styled action shall be STRICKEN from the docket of this Court. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk shall enter judgment for the Defendants. It is further
ORDERED that, if Plaintiff should desire to appeal the decision of this Court, written notice of appeal must be received by the Clerk of this Court within thirty (30) days from the date of the entry of the Judgment Order, pursuant to Rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The $5.00 filing fee for the notice of appeal and the $450.00 docketing fee should also be submitted with the notice of appeal. In the alternative, at the time the notice of appeal is submitted, Plaintiff may, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 24(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, seek leave to proceed in forma pauperis from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.