Opinion
2:18-CV-121-Z-BR
07-24-2023
ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION AND DISMISSING CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT
MATTHEW J. KACSMARYK UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court are the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge to grant the Defendants' joint motion for summary judgment and dismiss the civil rights complaint filed by the Plaintiff in this case. ECF No. 73. Objections to the findings, conclusions, and recommendation have been filed. ECF No. 74. After making an independent review of the pleadings, files, records, relevant law, and objections in this case, the Court concludes that the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge are correct. It is therefore ORDERED that the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge are ADOPTED, the objections (ECF No. 74 at 1) are OVERRULED, Plaintiff's Motion to Compel (ECF No. 65) is DENIED, and the Defendants' joint motion for summary judgment (ECF No. 62) is GRANTED.
Plaintiff also failed to serve the sole remaining Defendant, although Plaintiff filed with the Court a summons and letter - addressed to that Defendant- reporting that service was completed, or possibly purporting to effect service, upon Defendant Anthony Marquez. But no proof of such service has been presented to the Court. Thus, the complaint is DISMISSED.
The summons recites Anthony Marquez's last known address, despite the address being filed under seal and this Court's order to redact references to that address in documents sent to Plaintiff. See ECF Nos. 46, 58. Moreover, service at that address was previously ordered and returned unexecuted because Defendant Anthony “Marquez no longer lives at the provided address.” ECF Nos. 58, 60 at 2.
IT SO ORDERED.