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granting defendants' summary judgment motion and denying plaintiff's on the basis of failure to comply with local rules where plaintiff was an "extraordinarily experienced pro se litigant" who had "filed at least seventeen federal or state court actions or appeals"
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9:05-CV-0135 (LEK/GHL).
September 18, 2008
DECISION AND ORDER
This matter comes before the Court following a Report-Recommendation filed on August 12, 2008, by the Honorable George H. Lowe, United States Magistrate Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and L.R. 72.3(c) of the Northern District of New York. Report-Rec. (Dkt. No. 58).
Within ten days, excluding weekends and holidays, after a party has been served with a copy of a Magistrate Judge's Report-Recommendation, the party "may serve and file specific, written objections to the proposed findings and recommendations," FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b), in compliance with L.R. 72.1. No objections have been raised in the allotted time with respect to Judge Lowe's Report-Recommendation. Furthermore, after examining the record, the Court has determined that the Report-Recommendation is not subject to attack for plain error or manifest injustice.
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED, that the Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 58) is APPROVED and ADOPTED in its ENTIRETY; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Defendant's Motion for partial summary judgment (Dkt. No. 45) is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Plaintiff's cross-Motion for partial summary judgment (Dkt. No. 47) is DENIED; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Plaintiff's third and fourth causes of action are DISMISSED; and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk serve a copy of this Order on all parties.