Opinion
9:08-CV-1008 (NAM/GHL).
February 22, 2011
Kah'sun Creator Allah, 99-A-2660, Pine City, New York, Plaintiff, pro se.
Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General for the State of New York, Charles J. Quackenbush, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, The Capitol, Albany, New York, Attorney for Defendants.
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, brought this action for declaratory and monetary relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants' indifference to his serious medical needs deprived him of his rights under the Eighth Amendment. Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 43) was referred to United States Magistrate Judge George H. Lowe pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 72.3(c). Magistrate Judge Lowe has issued a Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 50) recommending that any claims against defendants in their official capacities be dismissed on sovereign immunity grounds, and that defendants' motion for summary judgment otherwise be denied. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this Court reviews de novo those parts of a report and recommendation to which a party specifically objects. Failure to object to any portion of a report and recommendation waives further judicial review of the matters therein. See Roldan v. Racette, 984 F.2d 85, 89 (2d Cir. 1993).
Plaintiff has not objected to any aspect of the Report and Recommendation. Defendants object to so much of the Report and Recommendation as recommends: (1) that the Court exercise its discretion and overlook plaintiff's failure to comply fully with the local rules; (2) that summary judgment dismissing the complaint against Kemp on the ground of lack of personal involvement be denied; (3) that summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds be denied; and (4) that summary judgment on the Eighth Amendment medical indifference claim be denied.
Upon de novo review of the entire record, including defendants' objection (Dkt. No. 51), the Court adopts Magistrate Judge Lowe's reasoning and conclusions in all respects.
It is therefore
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 50) of United States Magistrate Judge George H. Lowe is accepted; and it is further
ORDERED that all claims against defendants in their official capacities are dismissed and that defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 43) is otherwise denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
February 22, 2011
Syracuse, New York.