Opinion
Civil Action No. 11-185 Erie
04-17-2013
SHAWN RICHARD COUDRIET, Plaintiff, v. ANTHONY VARDARO, et al., Defendants.
MEMORANDUM ORDER
This civil rights action was received by the Clerk of Court on September 1, 2011 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. 178], filed on March 19, 2013, recommended that, pursuant to the authority granted to courts by the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Plaintiff's claims against Defendants Gaster and McCracken be dismissed due to Plaintiff's failure to accomplish service on them in accordance with Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff was allowed fourteen (14) days from the date of service to file objections and 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 17th day of April, 2013;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority granted to courts by the Prison Litigation Reform Act, Plaintiff's claims against Defendants Gaster and McCracken are DISMISSED due to Plaintiff's failure to accomplish service on them in accordance with Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on March 19, 2013 [ECF No. 178] is adopted as the opinion of the Court.
The Clerk of Courts is directed to close this case.
Sean J. McLaughlin
United States District Judge
cm: All parties of record
Susan Paradise Baxter, U.S. Magistrate Judge