Gilmore v. Fox

Full title: TYGANDA GILMORE, Plaintiff, v. MR. FOX, et al., Defendants.

Court: United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania

Date published: Aug 11, 2021

4:21-CV-00619 (M.D. Pa. Aug. 11, 2021)

Opinion

4:21-CV-00619

08-11-2021

TYGANDA GILMORE, Plaintiff, v. MR. FOX, et al., Defendants.

Matthew W. Brann Chief United States District Judge

Carlson Magistrate Judge

ORDER

Matthew W. Brann Chief United States District Judge

Plaintiff filed the instant action on April 5, 2021, and it was jointly assigned to the undersigned and to a magistrate judge. Upon designation, a magistrate judge may “conduct hearings, including evidentiary hearings, and . . . submit to a judge of the court proposed findings of fact and recommendations.”¹ Once filed, this report and recommendation is disseminated to the parties in the case who then have the opportunity to file written objections.²

1 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(B).

2 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1).

On June 21, 2021, Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson, to whom this matter is jointly assigned, issued a thorough report and recommendation recommending that the complaint be dismissed without prejudice.

No objections to the report and recommendation have been filed, but Plaintiff filed an amended complaint. For portions of the report and recommendation to which no objection is made, the Court should, as a matter of good practice, “satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.”³ Regardless of whether timely objections are made by a party, the District Court may accept, not accept, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.⁴

3 Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b), advisory committee notes; see also Univac Dental Co. v. Dentsply Intern., Inc., 702 F.Supp.2d 465, 469 (M.D. Pa. 2010) (citing Henderson v. Carlson, 812 F.2d 874, 878 (3d Cir. 1987) (explaining that judges should give some review to every report and recommendation)).

4 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Local Rule 72.31.

Because I write solely for the parties, I will not restate the facts, but will instead adopt the recitation of facts as set forth by the magistrate judge.

AND NOW, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Magistrate Judge Carlson's Report and Recommendation (Doc. 13) is ADOPTED in its entirety.

2. The complaint is dismissed without prejudice.

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to close the case.