Opinion
Civil No. 3:13-CV-2922
04-14-2016
KAMAR SAMUELS and MOZELLA McCLENDON SAMUELS, Plaintiffs v. POCONO MOUNTAIN REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants
(Judge Caputo)
( ) REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
THE BACKGROUND OF THIS CASE IS AS FOLLOWS:
This is a civil rights action. The current status of this case that there are no pre-trial motions pending, and discovery is now closed. At this stage of the proceedings, the only remaining matters appear to relate to scheduling this case for trial. Because all of the parties have reported at that time that they are not prepared to consent to magistrate jurisdiction, it will be necessary to have the case tried by the district court.
II. Recommendation
The discovery period in this case has closed. The time for filing dispositive motions has passed, and all dispositive motions have been fully resolved. The only other matters that are pending in this case relate to scheduling of the trial and pretrial conference. None of these are matters that the undersigned can, or should, endeavor to resolve in the absence of consent to try the case, which consent has not been given. Accordingly, IT IS RECOMMENDED that the case be listed for trial at the convenience of the district court.
The parties are further placed on notice that pursuant to Local Rule 72.3:
Any party may object to a magistrate judge's proposed findings, recommendations or report addressing a motion or matter described in 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(B) or making a recommendation for the disposition of a prisoner case or a habeas corpus petition within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy thereof. Such party shall file with the clerk of court, and serve on the magistrate judge and all parties, written objections which shall specifically identify the portions of the proposed findings, recommendations or report to which objection is made and the basis for such objections. The briefing requirements set forth in Local Rule 72.2 shall apply. A judge shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made and may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge. The judge, however, need conduct a new hearing only in his or her discretion or where required by law, and may consider the record developed before the magistrate judge, making his or her own determination on the basis of that record. The judge may also receive further evidence, recall witnesses or recommit the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions
Submitted this 14th day of April, 2016.
S/Martin C . Carlson
Martin C. Carlson
United States Magistrate Judge