Opinion
2:19-CV-00134-NBF-CRE
03-21-2019
BALDWIN TOWER, Plaintiff, v. WILLIAM JAMES ACKERMAN, Defendant
MEMORANDUM ORDER
AND NOW, this 21st day of March, 2019,
After the magistrate judge having submitted a report and recommendation (ECF No. 5) recommending that this action be remanded pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, and the report and recommendation having been served on the defendant and defendant having lodged no objections,
While Ackerman submitted an answer to the complaint and a "supplement" following the report and recommendation, these submissions regurgitate his previous filing and do not support provide any specific objections to the report and recommendation nor do they provide any basis for this court's jurisdiction. --------
Accordingly, after a de novo review of the pleadings and documents in this case, together with the report and recommendation, the following order is entered:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action is remanded pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and this case shall be marked CLOSED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the report and recommendation of Chief Magistrate Judge Cynthia Reed Eddy (ECF No. 5) is hereby adopted as the opinion of the district court.
BY THE COURT:
s/Nora Barry Fischer
United States District Judge cc: WILLIAM JAMES ACKERMAN
200 Knoedler Road
Apartment 912
Pittsburgh, PA 15236