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Gessner v. Nixon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Jul 2, 2013
Case No. 1:13-cv-22-SJM-SPB (W.D. Pa. Jul. 2, 2013)

Opinion

Case No. 1:13-cv-22-SJM-SPB

07-02-2013

AMANDA GESSNER, Plaintiff, v. LT. NIXON, et al., Defendants.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

Plaintiff's civil rights complaint was received by the Clerk of Court on January 22, 2013 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, filed on June 12, 2013 [24], recommends that Plaintiff's motion for an emergency hearing [15] (construed by the Magistrate Judge as a motion for temporary restraining order) be denied and that Plaintiff's motion for a transfer out of SCI-Muncy [20] also be denied.

Plaintiff was allowed fourteen (14) days from the date of service in which to file objections. Service was made on Plaintiff by certified mail at SCI-Muncy, where she is incarcerated. No objections to the Report and Recommendation have been filed to date. After de novo review of the complaint and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 2nd Day of July, 2013;

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion for an emergency hearing [15], which we construe as a motion for a temporary restraining order, shall be, and hereby is, DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion to be transferred out of SCI-Muncy [20] shall be, and hereby is, DENIED.

The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed on June 12, 2013 [24], is adopted as the opinion of this Court.

____________________

SEAN J. McLAUGHLIN

Chief United States District Judge
cm: Amanda Gessner

OP4902

SCI Muncy

P.O. Box 180

Muncy, PA 17756

Mary Lynch Friedline, Esq.

Office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General

Fifth Floor, Manor Complex

564 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter


Summaries of

Gessner v. Nixon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Jul 2, 2013
Case No. 1:13-cv-22-SJM-SPB (W.D. Pa. Jul. 2, 2013)
Case details for

Gessner v. Nixon

Case Details

Full title:AMANDA GESSNER, Plaintiff, v. LT. NIXON, et al., Defendants.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Jul 2, 2013

Citations

Case No. 1:13-cv-22-SJM-SPB (W.D. Pa. Jul. 2, 2013)