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adopting report and recommendation which concluded "even if the claim were not completely conclusory, plaintiff may not sue any of the defendants for treason because there is no private right of action for the crime"
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5:13-CV-271 (TJM/ATB)
02-04-2014
MICHAEL PATRICK SHAUGHNESSY, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants.
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Senior United States District Judge
DECISION & ORDER
I. INTRODUCTION
This pro se action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was referred by this Court to the Hon. Andrew T. Baxter, United States Magistrate Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Local Rule N.D.N.Y. 72.3(c). In his Order and Report-Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Baxter recommends that Plaintiff's complaint be dismissed in its entirety pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i)-(iii). Plaintiff filed objections to the Report-Recommendation and Order. Dkt. # 11.
II. DISCUSSION
When objections to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation are lodged, the district court makes a "de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made." See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b); see also United States v. Male Juvenile, 121 F.3d 34, 38 (2d Cir.1997)(The Court must make a de novo determination to the extent that a party makes specific objections to a magistrate's findings.). "[E]ven a pro se party's objections to a Report and Recommendation must be specific and clearly aimed at particular findings in the magistrate's proposal, such that no party be allowed a second bite at the apple by simply relitigating a prior argument." Machicote v. Ercole, 2011 WL 3809920, at * 2 (S.D.N.Y., Aug. 25, 2011)(citations and interior quotation marks omitted); DiPilato v. 7-Eleven, Inc., 662 F. Supp.2d 333, 340 (S.D.N.Y. 2009)(same).
General or conclusory objections, or objections which merely recite the same arguments presented to the magistrate judge, are reviewed for clear error. Farid v. Bouey, 554 F. Supp. 2d 301, 306 n. 2 (N.D.N.Y. 2008); see Frankel v. N.Y.C., 2009 WL 465645 at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 25, 2009). After reviewing the report and recommendation, the Court may "accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge. The judge may also receive further evidence or recommit the matter to the magistrate judge with instructions." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b).
III. CONCLUSION
Having reviewed Plaintiff's objections, the Court determines to adopt Magistrate Judge Baxter's recommendations for the reasons stated in the Order and Report-Recommendation [dkt. # 4]. Therefore, Plaintiff's complaint [dkt. # 1] is DISMISSED IN ITS ENTIRETY pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i)-(iii).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Thomas J. McAvoy
Senior, U.S. District Judge