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Coates v. Castilla

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division
Jun 15, 2022
20-cv-11101 (E.D. Mich. Jun. 15, 2022)

Opinion

20-cv-11101

06-15-2022

VINCENT COATES, Plaintiff, v. D. CASTILLA, ET AL., Defendants.


U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE JONATHAN J.C. GREY

ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION [#31], DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [#21] AND GRANTING SELECT DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [#22]

GERSHWIN A. DRAIN U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

On April 3, 2020, incarcerated Plaintiff Vincent Cotes commenced this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging Defendants D. Castilla, Teresa Kik, Marguerite Howard, and Katherine Garduno-Klynstra (collectively, the “Defendants”), violated his First and Eighth Amendment rights. ECF No. 1, PageID.7. This Court dismissed Mr. Coates' Eighth Amendment claim on January 25, 2021. ECF No. 8, PageID.59. Defendants Castilla and Garduno-Klynstra filed motions for summary judgment on November 8, 2021 and December 3, 2021, respectively. See ECF Nos. 21, 22. Mr. Coates submitted his Responses in Opposition on December 7, 2021, and January 5, 2022. See ECF Nos. 24, 30. On December 20, 2021, Defendant Castilla filed a Reply to Mr. Coates' Response. See ECF No. 27.

Presently before the Court is United States Magistrate Judge Jonathon J.C. Grey's Report and Recommendation concerning the Defendants' motions for summary judgment. See ECF No. 31. Magistrate Judge Grey recommends that this Court grant Defendants' motions because Mr. Coates failed to exhaust his administrative remedies against either Defendant. ECF No. 31, PageID.294, 296. Mr. Coates did not file objections to the Report and Recommendation, and the opportunity to file objections has passed. FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(2).

When no objections are timely filed, a district court reviews a magistrate judge's report and recommendation for clear error. FED. R. CIV. P. 72, advisory committee note (“When no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.”). The Court reviewed the Report and Recommendation and found no clear error.

Therefore, the Court ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Grey's Report and Recommendation [#31], as this Court's findings of fact and conclusions of law. Defendant Castilla's Motion for Summary Judgment [#21] is GRANTED.

Defendant Garduno-Klynstra's Motion for Summary Judgment [#22] is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Coates v. Castilla

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division
Jun 15, 2022
20-cv-11101 (E.D. Mich. Jun. 15, 2022)
Case details for

Coates v. Castilla

Case Details

Full title:VINCENT COATES, Plaintiff, v. D. CASTILLA, ET AL., Defendants.

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division

Date published: Jun 15, 2022

Citations

20-cv-11101 (E.D. Mich. Jun. 15, 2022)