BARBARA JACOBS ROTHSTEIN, District Judge.
Plaintiff initiated this prisoner civil rights action on June 6, 2016, with the submission of a Motion to Proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 1.) That Motion was granted (ECF No. 2) and Plaintiff's Complaint was docketed on June 23, 2016 (ECF No. 3).
Defendants Berry, Bertolini, Cowan, Ennis, Gustafson, Horton, Kunig, Miller, Oberlander, Overmeyer, Rittenhouse, Sager, Sheasly, Simon, Smail and Smith (the "Corrections Defendants") waived service (ECF No. 19) and filed a Motion for More Definite Statement on February 7, 2017. (ECF No. 21.) That Motion was granted and Plaintiff was ordered to file an amended complaint. (ECF No. 23.) The Amended Complaint was filed on June 26, 2017. (ECF No. 29.) The Corrections Defendants then filed a Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint for Failure to State a Claim (ECF No. 33) and in response Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint on September 13, 2017 (ECF No. 44). The Corrections Defendants' Motion was then dismissed as moot. (ECF No. 47.)
Defendant Lisa Zupsic filed a Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint (ECF No. 45), which the Court converted into a Motion for Summary Judgment on the issue of Plaintiff's exhaustion of administrative remedies (ECF No. 48). However, that Motion was dismissed as moot (ECF No. 53) when Defendant Zupsic filed an Amended Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint on September 21, 2018. (ECF No. 50.) Plaintiff filed a Response in opposition to Defendant Zupsic's Motion on September 29, 2017 (ECF No. 55) and another Response in opposition on October 6, 2017 (ECF No. 57). Defendant Zupsic filed a Reply brief on October 9, 2017. (ECF No. 58.) On October 20, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Response to Defendant Zupsic's Reply. (ECF No. 65.) On January 17, 2018, the Court once again informed the parties that Defendant Zupsic's Amended Motion to Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint would be treated as a Motion for Summary Judgment on the issue of Plaintiff's exhaustion of administrative remedies. (ECF No. 68.)
On October 13, 2017, a Motion to Dismiss was filed by the Corrections Defendants. (ECF No. 59.) Plaintiff filed a Response in opposition on October 24, 2017. (ECF No. 66.)
Plaintiff filed a Motion for Summary Judgment on January 30, 2018. (ECF No. 70.) Defendant Zupsic filed a Response in opposition to the Motion on February 8, 2018. (ECF No. 73.)
On March 2, 2018, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation recommending the Defendant Zupsic's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) (ECF No. 50), and the Motion to Dismiss filed by the Corrections Defendants pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(e), 8(a), 10 and 20(a) (ECF No. 59), be granted. (ECF No. 75.) She further recommended that the portion of Defendant Zupsic's Motion that rested on Plaintiff's failure to exhaust his administrative remedies be granted pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56.
Plaintiff was served with the Report and Recommendation and informed that he had until March 19, 2018 to file written objections.
Therefore, after a de novo review of the pleadings and documents in this case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following Order is hereby entered: