Opinion
C.A. No. 16-1722 Pittsburgh
12-05-2019
TRAVIS CONKLIN, Plaintiff, v. CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MARK TODD, Defendant.
Magistrate Judge Richard A. Lanzillo
MEMORANDUM ORDER
This prisoner civil rights action was received by the Clerk of Court on November 15, 2016, and was referred to the undersigned, then a United States Magistrate Judge, for all pretrial proceedings.
On September 14, 2018, the undersigned was sworn in as a United States District Judge. This action was reassigned to the undersigned, as presiding judge, on September 17, 2018, and was subsequently referred to United States Magistrate Judge Richard A. Lanzillo 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.
On November 8, 2019, Judge Lanzillo issued a Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 76] recommending that Defendants' motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 61] be denied. Objections to the report and recommendation were due to be filed by November 25, 2019; however, no objections have been filed to date.
After de novo review of the complaint and relevant documents in the case, together with the report and recommendation, the following order is entered:
AND NOW, this 5th day of December, 2019;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant's motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 61] is DENIED. The report and recommendation of Magistrate Judge Lanzillo, issued November 8, 2019 [ECF No. 76], is adopted as the opinion of the court.
/s/_________
SUSAN PARADISE BAXTER
United States District Judge cc: The Honorable Richard A. Lanzillo
U.S. Magistrate Judge