Watkins v. Monroe, 6:18cv347. (2019)
Court: District Court, E.D. Texas
Number: infdco20190426e42
Visitors: 15
Filed: Apr. 25, 2019
Latest Update: Apr. 25, 2019
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION THAD HEARTFIELD , District Judge . Plaintiff James Earl Watkins, a prisoner currently confined in the Texas prison system, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed the above-styled and numbered civil lawsuit. Before any defendant filed an answer, Mr. Watkins filed a motion for summary judgment on October 29, 2018. (Dkt. #25). The motion was referred to United States Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell, who issued a Report and Recommendatio
Summary: ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION THAD HEARTFIELD , District Judge . Plaintiff James Earl Watkins, a prisoner currently confined in the Texas prison system, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed the above-styled and numbered civil lawsuit. Before any defendant filed an answer, Mr. Watkins filed a motion for summary judgment on October 29, 2018. (Dkt. #25). The motion was referred to United States Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell, who issued a Report and Recommendation..
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ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
THAD HEARTFIELD, District Judge.
Plaintiff James Earl Watkins, a prisoner currently confined in the Texas prison system, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed the above-styled and numbered civil lawsuit. Before any defendant filed an answer, Mr. Watkins filed a motion for summary judgment on October 29, 2018. (Dkt. #25).
The motion was referred to United States Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell, who issued a Report and Recommendation concluding that Mr. Watkins' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. #25) should be denied as premature. (Dkt. #41). The Report of the Magistrate Judge, which contains proposed findings of fact and recommendations for the disposition of the motion, has been presented for consideration, and no objections thereto having been timely filed, the court is of the opinion that the findings and conclusions of the Magistrate Judge are correct, and adopts same as the findings and conclusions of the court. It is accordingly
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. #41) is ADOPTED. It is further
ORDERED that Mr. Watkin's motion for summary judgment (Dkt. #25) is DENIED as premature.
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