Butler v. U.S. Government

Full title: JOHN BUTLER, Plaintiff, v. U.S. GOVERNMENT, Defendant

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

Date published: Mar 1, 2011

Civil Action No. 09-105 Erie (W.D. Pa. Mar. 1, 2011)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 09-105 Erie.

March 1, 2011

MEMORANDUM ORDER

SEAN McLAUGHLIN, District Judge

This civil rights action was received by the Clerk of Court on July 2, 2009 and was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter for report and recommendation 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 Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 13], filed on February 9, 2011, recommended that the Plaintiff's case be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Plaintiff was allowed fourteen (14) days from the date of service to file objections and service was made on the Plaintiff by certified mail. No objections were filed. After de novo review of the documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 1^st day of March, 2011;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Plaintiff's case is DISMISSED for failure to prosecute.

The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 13] of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on February 9, 2011, is adopted as the opinion of the Court.