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Washington v. Gilmore, 18-343. (2019)

Court: District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania Number: infdco20190905c92 Visitors: 9
Filed: Sep. 04, 2019
Latest Update: Sep. 04, 2019
Summary: MEMORANDUM ORDER JOY FLOWERS CONTI , Senior District Judge . Pending before the Court is a Complaint submitted for filing by Plaintiff Jerome Junior Washington on March 15, 2018. (ECF Nos. 1, 5.) The Complaint was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan pursuant to the Magistrate Judge's Act, 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1), and Rules 72.C and 72.D of the Local Rules of Court. On July 30, 2019, a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") was filed by the Magistrate Judge recommending t
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MEMORANDUM ORDER

Pending before the Court is a Complaint submitted for filing by Plaintiff Jerome Junior Washington on March 15, 2018. (ECF Nos. 1, 5.) The Complaint was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan pursuant to the Magistrate Judge's Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and Rules 72.C and 72.D of the Local Rules of Court.

On July 30, 2019, a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") was filed by the Magistrate Judge recommending that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), the Court sua sponte dismiss with prejudice Defendant Gilmore and that the remaining claim in this case be dismissed without prejudice as duplicative to claim seven in Civil Action No. 17-988. (ECF No. 41.) The R&R was served on all parties with a written objections deadline for unregistered ECF users set for August 16, 2019, and, as of today, no objections have been filed. Accordingly, after careful de novo review of the record and consideration of the Magistrate Judge's R&R, the following order is now entered.

AND NOW, this 4th day of September, 2019;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 41) is adopted as the Opinion of the Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), Defendant Gilmore is sua sponte dismissed from this action with prejudice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the remaining claim in this case is dismissed without prejudice because it is duplicative to claim seven at Civil Action No. 17-988.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court mark this case CLOSED.

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Plaintiff has thirty (30) days to file a notice of appeal as provided by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

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