Opinion
Civil No. 3:CV-05-2030.
December 22, 2005
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NOW, this 22nd day of December, 2005, IT APPEARING TO THE COURT THAT:
(1) Plaintiff, Richard Allen Parks, an inmate confined at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, filed the instant civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 5, 2005;
(2) The matter was assigned to Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Blewitt;
(3) On November 30, 2005, the Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation in which he recommended that the action be dismissed for failure to state a claim under the Eighth Amendment and because Luzerne County Correctional Facility was not a person for purposes of 1983;
(4) Specifically, the Magistrate Judge found that the plaintiff failed to state a cognizable Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claim and conditions of confinement claim. Moreover, the Magistrate Judge found that the Luzerne County Correctional Facility was not a proper party defendant;
(5) No objections were filed to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation;
AND, IT FURTHER APPEARING THAT:
(6) If no objections are filed to a Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, the plaintiff is not statutorily entitled to a de novo review of his claims. 28 U.S.C.A. § 636(b)(1)(C); Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150-53 (1985). Nonetheless, the usual practice of the district court is to give "reasoned consideration" to a Magistrate Judge's report prior to adopting it. Henderson v. Carlson, 812 F.2d 874, 878 (3d Cir. 1987).
(7) Having considered th Magistrate Judge's Report, we agree with the recommendation;
ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
(1) The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Blewitt dated November 30, 2005 (Document 9) is ADOPTED;
(2) The plaintiff's claims are DISMISSED; and,
(3) The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE this case and to forward a copy of this Memorandum and Order to the Magistrate Judge.