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Brightwell v. Lehman

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Apr 10, 2006
Civil Action No. 03 - 205J (W.D. Pa. Apr. 10, 2006)

Summary

noting that "the court need not accept allegations in the complaint as true where they are contradicted by the documents attached to the complaint"

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Opinion

Civil Action No. 03 — 205J.

April 10, 2006


ORDER


The above captioned case filed on September 11, 2003, and was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Ila Jeanne Sensenich for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and Rules 72.1.3 and 72.1.4 of the Local Rules for Magistrates. The case was transferred to Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan on April 6, 2004.

The magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 69), filed on December 5, 2005, recommended that the Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Doc. Nos. 46 59) be granted in part and denied in part. The motions should be granted as to Plaintiff's procedural due process claims (Count I), his state law contract claim (Count II), his international treaty claims (Count V) and his Eighth Amendment claim regarding Keri Lotion. The motions should be denied as to all other claims. The report and recommendation was served on the Plaintiff at SCI Mahanoy, 301 Morea Road, Frackville, PA 17932, and on counsel for the Defendants. The parties were advised they were allowed ten (10) days from the date of service to file written objections to the report and recommendation. Plaintiff filed a Motion for Extension of Time (Doc. No. 70) on January 27, 2006, which the Court granted. He filed a second Motion for Extension of Time (Doc. No. 72) on January 27, 2006. The Court again granted his motion, but required him to submit objections no later than February 10, 2006. Plaintiff filed a third Motion for Extension (Doc. No. 74) on February 17, 2006, that the Court denied. Plaintiff filed an Appeal of the Magistrate Decision (Doc. No. 76) on March 6, 2006, which was denied by Order of Court (Doc. No. 77) on March 21, 2006. No objections have ever been filed. After review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the report and recommendation, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 10th day of April, 2005;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Doc. Nos. 46 59) are GRANTED as to Plaintiff's procedural due process claims (Count I), his state law contract claim (Count II), his international treaty claims (Count V) and his Eighth Amendment claim regarding Keri Lotion.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Doc. Nos. 46 59) are DENIED as to all other claims. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 69) of Magistrate Judge Lenihan, dated December 5, 2005, is adopted as the opinion of the court.


Summaries of

Brightwell v. Lehman

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Apr 10, 2006
Civil Action No. 03 - 205J (W.D. Pa. Apr. 10, 2006)

noting that "the court need not accept allegations in the complaint as true where they are contradicted by the documents attached to the complaint"

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In Brightwell v. Lehman, 2006 WL 931702 at * 8 (W.D. Pa. Apr. 10, 2006), an inmate made a similar unsuccessful argument.

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Case details for

Brightwell v. Lehman

Case Details

Full title:BOB BRIGHTWELL, Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH LEHMAN, in his official capacity as…

Court:United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Apr 10, 2006

Citations

Civil Action No. 03 - 205J (W.D. Pa. Apr. 10, 2006)

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