Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:20-CV-182
02-15-2021
RELL ANGTON, JR. v. BRYAN COLLIER, ET AL.
MEMORANDUM ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Plaintiff Rell Anton, Jr., a prisoner previously confined at the LeBlanc Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Bryan Collier and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
The Court referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate Judge, at Beaumont, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this Court. The magistrate judge recommends dismissing the claims against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e).
The Court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed pursuant to such order, along with the record and the pleadings. No objections to the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge were filed by the parties.
ORDER
Accordingly, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the magistrate judge are correct, and the report of the magistrate judge (document no. 46) is ADOPTED. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is DISMISSED from this action.
SIGNED this 15th day of February, 2021.
/s/_________
Michael J. Truncale
United States District Judge