Opinion
Case No. 3:14-cv-314
04-24-2015
WARREN EASTERLING, Plaintiff, v. JUDGE BARBARA GORMAN, Defendant.
DECISION AND ENTRY ADOPTING CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS (DOC. #16); OVERRULING PLAINTIFF'S OBJECTIONS THERETO (DOC. #17); SUSTAINING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS (DOC. #8); OVERRULING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (DOC. #10), PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR RECUSAL (DOC. #11), AND PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS (DOC. #13); JUDGMENT TO ENTER IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT AND AGAINST PLAINTIFF; TERMINATION ENTRY
Based on the reasoning and citations of authority set forth by Chief Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington, in her April 17, 2015, Report and Recommendations, Doc. #16, as well as upon a thorough de novo review of this Court's file and the applicable law, the Court ADOPTS said judicial filing in its entirety. Plaintiff's Objections to the Report and Recommendations, Doc. #17, are meritless and are OVERRULED.
For reasons expressed in the Report and Recommendations, the Court SUSTAINS Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, Doc. #8, OVERRULES Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, Doc. #10, OVERRULES Plaintiff's Motion for Recusal, Doc. #11, and OVERRULES Plaintiff's Motion for Sanctions, Doc. #13.
Judgment shall be entered in favor of Defendant and against Plaintiff.
The captioned case is hereby ordered terminated upon the docket records of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division, at Dayton. Date: April 24, 2015
/s/_________
WALTER H. RICE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE