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Molina v. Kauffman

United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Nov 30, 2023
4:21-CV-00038 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 30, 2023)

Opinion

4:21-CV-00038

11-30-2023

MIGUEL MOLINA, Plaintiff, v. K. KAUFFMAN, et al., Defendants.


MEHALCHICK, CHIEF MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ORDER

MATTHEW W. BRANN, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Miguel Molina, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, filed this fourth amended civil rights complaint alleging that Defendants violated his rights in numerous ways. On October 2, 2023, Chief Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that this Court grant Defendants' motion for summary judgment and close this case. Molina has not filed timely objections to the Report and Recommendation.

Doc. 212.

Doc. 255.

Where no objection is made to a report and recommendation, this Court will review the recommendation only for clear error. Conversely, “[i]f a party objects timely to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, the district court must ‘make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.'” Regardless of whether timely objections are made, district courts may accept, reject, or modify-in whole or in part-the magistrate judge's findings or recommendations. Upon review of the record, the Court finds no clear error in Chief Magistrate Judge Mehalchick's recommendation that the Court enter judgment in Defendants' favor. Consequently, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b), advisory committee notes; see Henderson v. Carlson, 812 F.2d 874, 878 (3d Cir. 1987) (explaining that court should in some manner review recommendations regardless of whether objections were filed).

Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. City of Long Branch, 866 F.3d 93, 99 (3d Cir. 2017) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)).

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Local Rule 72.31.

1. Chief Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehlachick's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 255) is ADOPTED;

2. Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Doc. 244) is GRANTED and judgment is entered in favor of Defendants; and

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case.


Summaries of

Molina v. Kauffman

United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Nov 30, 2023
4:21-CV-00038 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 30, 2023)
Case details for

Molina v. Kauffman

Case Details

Full title:MIGUEL MOLINA, Plaintiff, v. K. KAUFFMAN, et al., Defendants.

Court:United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 30, 2023

Citations

4:21-CV-00038 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 30, 2023)

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