JOHNSON v. TOWN OF GORHAM et al, No. 2:2007cv00188 - Document 36 (D. Me. 2008)

Court Description: ORDER adopting Report and Recommended Decision re 33 Report and Recommendations 13 Motion for Summary Judgment filed by MICHAEL COFFIN, BENJAMIN MORELAND, MICHAEL NAULT, DEAN HANNON, GORHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF GORHAM, RONALD SHEPARD ; By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (mjlt)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT District of Maine STEVEN JOHNSON, Plaintiff v. TOWN OF GORHAM, et al, Defendant ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil No. 07-188-P-S ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE The United States Magistrate Judge filed with the Court on October 31, 2008, his Recommended Decision (Docket No. 33). Defendants filed their Objection to the Recommended Decision (Docket No. 34) on November 18, 2008. Plaintiff filed his Response to Defendants Objection to the Recommended Decision (Docket No. 35) on December 8, 2008. I have reviewed and considered the Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision, together with the entire record; I have made a de novo determination of all matters adjudicated by the Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision; and I concur with the recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge for the reasons set forth in his Recommended Decision, and determine that no further proceeding is necessary. 1. It is therefore ORDERED that the Recommended Decision of the Magistrate Judge is hereby AFFIRMED. 2. It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 13) is GRANTED as to Counts I, VII-VIII, and X, and as to defendants Shepard, the Town of Gorham, and the Gorham Police Department on Counts IX and XV; and otherwise DENIED. /s/George Z. Singal_____________ Chief U.S. District Judge Dated: December 23, 2008

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