Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 9:18-CV-88
03-11-2019
JAMES E. SYKES v. CECILIA C. OKOYE, ET AL.
ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Plaintiff James E. Sykes, a prisoner previously confined at the Eastham Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Cecilia C. Okoye, Mark Roberts, Ruth E. Brouwer, Maria Turner, Millicent C. Adikaibe, Kamal Simmons, and Rhonda Ware.
The court ordered that this matter be referred to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate Judge, at Beaumont, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this court. The Magistrate Judge recommends granting plaintiff's motion to dismiss defendants Millicent Adikaibe, Rhonda Ware, and Kamal Simmons from this action.
The court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed pursuant to such order, along with the record, pleadings and all available evidence. No objections to the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge were filed by the parties.
ORDER
Accordingly, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Magistrate Judge are correct, and the report of the Magistrate Judge (document no. 26) is ADOPTED. Plaintiff's motion to dismiss (document no. 22) is GRANTED, and defendants Millicent Adikaibe, Rhonda Ware, and Kamal Simmons are DISMISSED from this action. The motion to dismiss filed by defendants Kamal Simmons and Rhonda Ware (document no. 15) is DENIED as moot.
So ORDERED and SIGNED March 11, 2019.
/s/_________
Ron Clark, Senior District Judge