KENNEDY v. GONZALEZ, 1:09-cv-01161-AWI-SKO PC. (2012)
Court: District Court, E.D. California
Number: infdco20120214914
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Filed: Feb. 13, 2012
Latest Update: Feb. 13, 2012
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE AND/OR DISMISS Docs. 22 and 32) ANTHONY ISHII, Chief District Judge. Plaintiff Thomas Blake Kennedy, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 on July 6, 2009. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. This action is proceeding on Plaintiff's Eighth Amendment
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE AND/OR DISMISS Docs. 22 and 32) ANTHONY ISHII, Chief District Judge. Plaintiff Thomas Blake Kennedy, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 on July 6, 2009. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. This action is proceeding on Plaintiff's Eighth Amendment ..
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ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE AND/OR DISMISS
Docs. 22 and 32)
ANTHONY ISHII, Chief District Judge.
Plaintiff Thomas Blake Kennedy, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on July 6, 2009. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.
This action is proceeding on Plaintiff's Eighth Amendment claim against Defendants Cate and Gonzalez arising out of policies and practices that led to the long term denial of outdoor exercise while Plaintiff was housed at the California Correctional Institution. On August 4, 2011, Defendants filed both an answer and a motion to strike and/or dismiss Plaintiff's injunctive relief claim and official capacity claims. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), (f). On August 12, 2011, the Magistrate Judge filed a Findings and Recommendations recommending that Defendants' motion be denied. The parties were given twenty days within which to file objections, but no objections were filed.
In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this Court has conducted a de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the Court finds the Findings and Recommendations to be supported by the record and by proper analysis.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The Findings and Recommendations, filed on December 8, 2011, is adopted in full; and
2. Defendants' motion to strike and/or dismiss, filed on August 4, 2011, is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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