Gilliam v. Pearce

Full title: HUGH JEFFREY GILLIAM, Plaintiff, v. OFFICER PEARCE, OFFICER KNEPP, OFFICER…

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

Date published: Oct 31, 2017

3:16-CV-00063-KRG (W.D. Pa. Oct. 31, 2017)

Opinion

3:16-CV-00063-KRG

10-31-2017

HUGH JEFFREY GILLIAM, Plaintiff, v. OFFICER PEARCE, OFFICER KNEPP, OFFICER T. WILLIAMS, OFFICER KIRSCH, OFFICER DIEHL, OFFICER DRISCOLL, OFFICER MCCOLLOUGH, OFFICER ROSENBAUM, OFFICER ZAMEROSKI, OFFICER ARCHER, OFFICER BARTLEY, RN SIMINGTON, RN LONG, DEBORAH ASKEY, RN; AND RN REED, Defendants

KIM R. GIBSON, United States District Judge.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

The present action was initiated in this court on March 7, 2016. The case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy for pretrial proceedings in accordance with Magistrate Judges Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rules of Court 72.C and 72.D. The defendants moved for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. The magistrate judge's report and recommendation filed September 26, 2017 recommended that the defendants' motion for summary judgment be granted. Service of the report and recommendation was made on all parties. The parties were informed that in accordance with the Magistrate Judges Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and (C), and Local Rule of Court 72.D.2 that Plaintiff had until October 13, 2017 to file objections as an unregistered ECF user and defendants had until October 10, 2017 to file any objections. As of this date, no objections have been filed.

Accordingly, after a de novo review of the pleadings and documents in this case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following Order is entered:

AND NOW, this 31^st day of October, 2017, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants' Officer Pearce, Officer Knepp, Officer T. Williams, Officer Kirsh, Officer Diehl, Officer Driscoll, Officer McCoIlough, Officer Rosenbaum, Officer Zameroski, Officer Archer, Officer Bartley, RN Simington, RN Long, RN Deborah Askey, and RN Reed's motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 79] is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the report and recommendation [ECF No. 34] of Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy is hereby adopted as the Opinion of the District Court.

BY THE COURT:

/s/_________

Kim R. Gibson

United States District Judge cc: The Honorable Cynthia Reed Eddy

United States District Court

Western District of Pennsylvania

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HUGH JEFFREY GILLIAM

LR-4723

SCI Houtzdale

P.O. Box 1000

Houtzdale, PA 16698-1000

Counsel of record

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