Jefferson v. Allegheny County

Full title: MICHAEL JEFFERSON, Plaintiff, v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, et al., Defendants

Court: United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Dec 4, 2006

Civil Action No. 05-1491 (W.D. Pa. Dec. 4, 2006)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 05-1491.

December 4, 2006

MEMORANDUM ORDER

THOMAS HARDIMAN, District Judge

The Plaintiff's complaint was received by the Clerk of Court on October 26, 2005, and was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Francis X. Caiazza for pretrial proceedings 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 November 13, 2006, recommended that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 16) be denied.

The parties were allowed ten days from the date of service to file objections. Service was made on the Plaintiff by First Class United States Mail delivered to the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where he is incarcerated and on the Defendants. No objections have been filed. After review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 4^th day of December, 2006.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 16) is DENIED.

The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Caiazza, (Doc. 23) dated November 13, 2006, is adopted as the opinion of the court.