Bryant v. McWaters, et al, No. 9:2016cv00155 - Document 48 (N.D.N.Y 2017)

Court Description: DECISION AND ORDER: ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Peebles' Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 46 ) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety. ORDERED that Defendants' motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 37 ) is GRANTED. ORDERED that Plaintiff's Complaint (Dkt. No. 1 ) is DISMISSED, and the Clerk of the Court shall enter Judgment for Defendants and close this action. Signed by Chief Judge Glenn T. Suddaby on 9/18/17. {order served via regular mail on plaintiff}(nas)

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Bryant v. McWaters, et al Doc. 48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK __________________________________________ CHARLES J. BRYANT, Plaintiff, 9:16-CV-0155 (GTS/DEP) v. JOHN MCWATERS, Badge #175, Corr. Officer, Albany Cty. Corr. Fac.; and MICHAEL POOLE, Sergeant, Albany Cty. Corr. Fac., Defendants __________________________________________ APPEARANCES: CHARLES J. BRYANT, 15-R-1904 Plaintiff, Pro Se Green Haven Correctional Facility P.O. Box 4000 Stormville, New York 12582 HON. P. DAVID SOARES Albany County District Attorney Counsel for Defendants 112 State Street Albany, New York 12207 MICHAEL L. GOLDSTEIN, ESQ. Assistant Albany County Attorney GLENN T. SUDDABY, Chief United States District Judge DECISION and ORDER Currently before the Court, in this pro se prisoner civil rights action filed by Charles J. Bryant (“Plaintiff”) against the two above-captioned employees of Albany County Correctional Facility in Albany, New York (“Defendants”), are (1) Defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on Plaintiff’s failure to exhaust his available administrative remedies before filing this action, and (2) United States Magistrate David E. Peebles’ Report-Recommendation recommending that Plaintiff’s Complaint be dismissed for failure to exhaust his available Dockets.Justia.com administrative remedies. (Dkt. Nos. 37, 46.) Plaintiff has not filed an objection to the ReportRecommendation, and the deadline in which to do so has expired. (See generally Docket Sheet.) After carefully reviewing the relevant papers herein, including Magistrate Judge Peebles’ thorough Report-Recommendation, the Court can find no clear-error in the ReportRecommendation.1 Magistrate Judge Peebles employed the proper standards, accurately recited the facts, and reasonably applied the law to those facts. As a result, the Report-Recommendation is accepted and adopted in its entirety for the reasons set forth therein, Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted, and Plaintiff’s Complaint is dismissed. ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Peebles’ Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 46) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED in its entirety; and it is further ORDERED that Defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 37) is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Complaint (Dkt. No. 1) is DISMISSED, and the Clerk of the Court shall enter Judgment for Defendants and close this action. Dated: September 18, 2017 Syracuse, New York ____________________________________ HON. GLENN T. SUDDABY Chief United States District Judge 1 When no objection is made to a report-recommendation, the Court subjects that report-recommendation to only a “clear error” review. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), Advisory Committee Notes: 1983 Addition. When performing such a clear error review, “the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation.” Id.; see also Batista v. Walker, 94-CV-2826, 1995 WL 453299, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. July 31, 1995) (Sotomayor, J.) (“I am permitted to adopt those sections of [a magistrate judge’s] report to which no specific objection is made, so long as those sections are not facially erroneous.”) (internal quotation marks omitted). 2

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