Watson v. Catalano

Full title: EUGENE WATSON, Plaintiff v. MICHAEL CATALANO, JEFFREY BEARD, and RICHARD…

Court: United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Sep 29, 2008

Case No. 3:08-cv-191-KRG-KAP (W.D. Pa. Sep. 29, 2008)

Opinion

Case No. 3:08-cv-191-KRG-KAP.

September 29, 2008

MEMORANDUM ORDER

KIM GIBSON, District Judge

This matter was referred to Magistrate Judge Keith A. Pesto for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and subsections 3 and 4 of Local Rule 72.1 for Magistrate Judges.

The Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation on September 18, 2008, docket no. 11, recommending that the defendants' motions to dismiss, docket no. 5 and docket no. 7, be granted.

The parties were notified that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), they had ten days to file written objections to the Report and Recommendation. Plaintiff filed objections, docket no. 13, which are meritless.

After de novo review of the record of this matter, the Report and Recommendation, and the objections thereto, the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this 29^th day of September, 2008, it is

ORDERED that the defendants' motions to dismiss, docket no. 5 and docket no. 7, are granted, and the complaint is dismissed for failure to state a claim. The Report and Recommendation is adopted as the opinion of the Court. The Clerk shall mark this matter closed.