Opinion
2:20-CV-00512-CCW-MPK
02-03-2021
CORDIRO R. BROWN, Plaintiff, v. JOHN WETZEL, MALINDA ADAMS, RICHARD COONEY, KARAN FEATHER, PHILLIP MCCRACKEN, PAMALA BEHR, EMMANUELLA FELIX, Defendants.
Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly ECF No. 32 MEMORANDUM ORDER
This case has been referred to United States Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 636(b)(l)(A) and (B), and Local Rule of Civil Procedure 72.
On December 18, 2020, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report, ECF No. 113, recommending that Defendant Emmanuella Felix be removed as a party to this action and that the claims against her in Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, ECF No. 32, be dismissed. Service of the Report and Recommendation ("R&R") was made on the parties, and Plaintiff has filed Objections. See ECF No. 125.
After a de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation and the Objections thereto, the following Order is entered: Defendant Emmanuella Felix is removed as a party to this action and the claims against her in Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, ECF No. 32, are dismissed without prejudice to Plaintiff's ability to re-file his claims against Felix in a separate action in the appropriate forum. The Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 113, is adopted as the Opinion of the District Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 3rd day of February, 2021.
/s/ Christy Criswell Wiegand
CHRISTY CRISWELL WIEGAND
United States District Judge cc: The Honorable Maureen P. Kelly
United States Magistrate Judge
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