Opinion
Civil Action No. 3: 14-cv-00031
07-18-2017
KAREEM GARRETT, Plaintiff, v. WEXFORD HEALTH, et at., Defendants.
United States Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy
MEMORANDUM ORDER
This case was commenced on February 2, 2014, and was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrate Judges Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and the Local Rules of Court for Magistrate Judges. Upon Plaintiff's compliance with the statutory requirements, his motion to proceed in forma pauperis was granted on March 19, 2014. (ECF No. 15.)
Defendant Khatri (ECF No. 225), the Medical Defendants (ECF No. 227), and the DOC Defendants (ECF No. 229) filed separate motions to dismiss, to which Plaintiff responded.
On June 12, 2017, Magistrate Judge Eddy filed a Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 243) recommending that Defendants' motions to dismiss be granted. Plaintiff was served with the Report and Recommendation at his listed address and was advised that he had until June 29, 2017, to file written objections to the Report and Recommendation. Plaintiff has not filed any objections nor has he sought an extension of time in which to do so.
At the time Plaintiff commenced this lawsuit he was an inmate in the custody of the Pennsylvania of Corrections confined at SCI-Houtzdale. On May 19, 2015, Plaintiff notified the Court that he had been released on parole. On May 9, 2016, Plaintiff provided the Court with his current address in Lansdowne, PA. --------
After de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:
AND NOW, this 18th day of July, 2017:
1. Defendant Khatri's motion to dismiss (ECF No. 225) is GRANTED;
2. The Medical Defendants' motion to dismiss (ECF No. 227) is GRANTED;
3. The DOC Defendants' motion to dismiss (ECF No. 229) is GRANTED; and
2. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 243) dated June 12, 2017, is ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court mark this case CLOSED.
AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Plaintiff has thirty (30) days to file a notice of appeal as provided by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
BY THE COURT:
/s/_________
Kim R. Gibson
United States District Judge cc: KAREEM GARRETT
14 E. Albemarle Ave. 1st Floor
Lansdowne, PA 19050
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