Opinion
Civil Action No. 09-549.
June 22, 2011
MEMORANDUM ORDER
Plaintiff Ernest Porter ("Plaintiff") is an inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Greene ("SCI-Greene") who has filed a civil rights action pursuant to the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his amended complaint (Doc. 13) Plaintiff raised multiple constitutional and state law claims against several Defendants Defendants filed a motion to dismiss (Doc. 33), which was granted in part and denied in part.See Report (Doc. 51); see also Order for June 21, 2010 (Doc. 57). Consequently, the only remaining claims are Plaintiff's First Amendment retaliation and Free Exercise claims against Defendant Dennison. (Doc. 57) at 2. This case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Cathy Bissoon for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrate Judges Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and Rules 72.C and 72.D of the Local Rules for Magistrates.
On May 19, 2011, the magistrate judge issued a report and recommendation (Doc. 83), recommending that the motion for summary judgment (Doc. 72) filed by Defendant Dennison be denied. The parties were allowed until June 2, 2011, to file objections. As of the date of this writing no objections have been filed. After de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the report and recommendation, the following order is entered:
AND NOW, this 22nd day of June, 2011.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion to for summary judgment (Doc. 72) filed by Defendant Dennison is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the report and recommendation of Magistrate Judge Bissoon (Doc. 83) is adopted as the opinion of this Court with respect to this motion.