Opinion
9:17-CV-0849 (GTS/CFH)
02-21-2020
DELVILLE BENNETT, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS A. JIGUERE, Officer, Franklin Corr. Fac.; and ROBERT J. McGRATH, Officer, Franklin Corr. Fac., Defendants.
APPEARANCES: DELVILLE BENNETT Plaintiff, Pro Se c/o Bobo Bergen House 1173 Bergen Street Brooklyn, New York 11213 HON. LETITIA A. JAMES Attorney General for the State of New York Counsel for Defendants 26 Liberty Street New York, New York 10005 OF COUNSEL: ERIK BOULE PISONNAULT, ESQ. Assistant Attorney General
APPEARANCES: DELVILLE BENNETT
Plaintiff, Pro Se
c/o Bobo Bergen House
1173 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, New York 11213 HON. LETITIA A. JAMES
Attorney General for the State of New York
Counsel for Defendants
26 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10005 OF COUNSEL: ERIK BOULE PISONNAULT, ESQ.
Assistant Attorney General GLENN T. SUDDABY, Chief United States District Judge DECISION and ORDER
Currently before the Court, in this pro se prisoner civil rights action filed by Delville Bennett ("Plaintiff") against Thomas A. Jiguere ("Defendant Jiguere") and Robert J. McGrath ("Defendant McGrath"), are (1) Defendant McGrath's motion for summary judgment, and (2) United States Magistrate Judge Christian F. Hummel's Report-Recommendation recommending that Defendant McGrath's motion be granted in its entirety and that Plaintiff's claims against Defendant McGrath be dismissed. (Dkt. Nos. 65, 74.) None of the parties have filed an objection to the Report-Recommendation, and the deadline by which to do so has expired. (See generally Docket Sheet.) After carefully reviewing the relevant papers herein, including Magistrate Judge Hummel's thorough Report-Recommendation, the Court can find no clear-error in the Report-Recommendation. Magistrate Judge Hummel employed the proper standards, accurately recited the facts, and reasonably applied the law to those facts. As a result, the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in its entirety for the reasons set forth therein, Defendant McGrath's motion for summary judgment is granted in its entirety, and Plaintiff's claims against Defendant McGrath are dismissed.
When no objection is made to a report-recommendation, the Court subjects that report-recommendation to only a clear error review. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), Advisory Committee Notes: 1983 Addition. When performing such a "clear error" review, "the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation." Id.; see also Batista v. Walker, 94-CV-2826, 1995 WL 453299, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. July 31, 1995) (Sotomayor, J.) ("I am permitted to adopt those sections of [a magistrate judge's] report to which no specific objection is made, so long as those sections are not facially erroneous.") (internal quotation marks omitted). --------
ACCORDINGLY, it is
ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Hummel's Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 74) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendant McGrath's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 65) is GRANTED ; and it is further
ORDERED that those of Plaintiff's claims in his Second Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 26) that are asserted against Defendant McGrath are DISMISSED with prejudice, and the Clerk of the Court shall TERMINATE Robert J. McGrath as a Defendant in this action. Dated: February 21, 2020
Syracuse, New York
/s/ _________
Hon. Glenn T. Suddaby
Chief U.S. District Judge