Opinion
2:05cv1438.
August 22, 2008
MEMORANDUM ORDER
This case was filed on October 17, 2005 (Doc. 1). On November 3, 2005, it was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Francis X. Caiazza (Doc. 2) for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 636(b)(1)(A) and (B), and Rules 72.1.3 and 72.1.4 of the Local Rules for Magistrates.
On June 10, 2008, the magistrate judge issued a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 68) recommending that the Defendants' Motions for Sanctions pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 (Docs. 38 and 44) be granted, to the extent described in the Report.
Service of the Report and Recommendation was made, and Defendant Braddock Cemetery (Doc. 69) Consol (Doc. 70) filed objections on June 26, 2008. Plaintiffs filed a Response to Defendants' Objections on July 2, 2008 (Doc. 71).
After a de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation and the objections thereto, the following Order is entered:
AND NOW, on this 22nd day of August, 2008, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendants' Motions for Sanctions pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 ( Docs. 38 and 44) is GRANTED to the extent described in the magistrate judge's Report, which is adopted as the opinion of the District Court.