Opinion
9:08-CV-158 (FJS/DRH).
September 18, 2010
ERIC JOHNSON also known as Debah J. Smith, Brooklyn, New York, Plaintiff pro se.
MAE A. D'AGOSTINO, ESQ., MIA D. VANAUKEN, ESQ., D'AGOSTINO, KRACKELER, MAGUIRE CARDONA, P.C., The Sage Mansion, Menands, New York, Attorneys for Defendants Nigam and Rodgers
DEAN J. HIGGINS, AAG OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK, STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL The Capitol Albany, New York, Attorneys for Defendants Enu, Bogarski, Reuteneaur, McCoy, Miles, Duke, Wolff, Rother, George, Testo, Behrle, Graziano, Ambrosino, Heath, Mahar, Gaines, Caulfeild, Meicht, Winnie and Coffey.
ORDER
Plaintiff, formerly an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services ("DOCS"), commenced this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, alleging that Defendants, twenty-one DOCS employees and two private physicians, violated his constitutional rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. See, generally, Amended Complaint. On February 2, 2010, Defendants Nigam and Rodgers, the two private physicians, moved for summary judgment. See Dkt. No. 94. Plaintiff opposed that motion. See Dkt. No. 113. In a Report-Recommendation and Order dated August 30, 2010, Magistrate Judge Homer recommended that this Court grant Defendants Nigam and Rodgers' motion for summary judgment. See Dkt. No. 114 at 20. Magistrate Judge Homer also dismissed all the cross-claims of all Defendants. See id. at 21. The parties did not file any objections to Magistrate Judge Homer's Report-Recommendation and Order.
When a party does not object to a magistrate judge's report-recommendation, the court reviews that report-recommendation for clear error or manifest injustice. See Linares v. Mahunik, No. 9:05-CV-625, 2009 WL 3165660, *10 (N.D.N.Y. July 16, 2009) (citation and footnote omitted). After conducting this review, "the Court may `accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the . . . recommendations made by the magistrate judge.'" Id. (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C)).
The Court has reviewed Magistrate Judge Homer's August 30, 2010 Report-Recommendation and Order for clear error and manifest injustice; and, finding none, the Court hereby
ORDERS that Magistrate Judge Homer's August 30, 2010 Report-Recommendation and Order is ACCEPTED in its entirety for the reasons stated therein; and the Court further
ORDERS that Defendants Nigam and Rodgers' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED; and the Court further
ORDERS that the cross-claims of all Defendants are DISMISSED; and the Court further
ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order on the parties in accordance with the Local Rules.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: September 18, 2010
Syracuse, New York