Dunn v. State of New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision et al, No. 9:2021cv00905 - Document 30 (N.D.N.Y 2022)

Court Description: DECISION AND ORDER that Magistrate Judge Baxter's Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 29 ) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED. Defendants' motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 27 ) is GRANTED. Plaintiff's Complaint (Dkt. No. 1 ) is DISMISSED with prejudi ce. Signed by U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby on 11/29/2022. (Copy served upon plaintiff at DIN# 17-A-0886, Mohawk Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 8451, Rome, NY, 13440 and c/o Officer Smith, New York State Division of Parole, 92-36 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica, New York, 11433 via regular mail)(sal)

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Dunn v. State of New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision et al Doc. 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _________________________________________ ROBERT DUNN, Plaintiff, 9:21-CV-0905 (GTS/ATB) v. SCHADEL, Sgt.; TACTI, Corr. Officer; and JOHN/JANE DOES 1-5, Corr. Officers, Defendants. _________________________________________ APPEARANCES: OF COUNSEL: ROBERT DUNN Plaintiff, Pro Se c/o Officer Smith New York State Division of Parole 92-36 Merrick Boulevard Jamaica, New York 11433 HON. LETITIA A. JAMES Attorney General for the State of New York Counsel for Defendants 300 South State Street, Suite 300 Syracuse, New York 13202 AIMEE COWAN, ESQ. Assistant Attorney General GLENN T. SUDDABY, United States District Judge DECISION and ORDER Currently before the Court, in this pro se prisoner civil rights action filed by Nicholas Dayter (“Plaintiff”) against the above-captioned corrections officers (“Defendants”), are (1) Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint for failure to prosecute, and (2) United States Magistrate Judge Andrew T. Baxter’s Report-Recommendation recommending that Defendants’ motion be granted and Plaintiff’s Complaint be dismissed with prejudice. (Dkt. Nos. 37, 29.) No party has filed an objection to the Report-Recommendation and the deadline in Dockets.Justia.com which to do so has expired. (See generally Docket Sheet.) After carefully reviewing the relevant filings in this action, the Court finds no error in the Report-Recommendation, clear or otherwise:1 Magistrate Judge Baxter employed the proper standards, accurately recited the facts, and reasonably applied the law to those facts. As a result, the Court accepts and adopts the Report-Recommendation for the reasons stated therein, Defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted, and Plaintiff’s Complaint is dismissed with prejudice. ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Baxter’s Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 29) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED; and it is further ORDERED that Defendant’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 27) is GRANTED; and it is further ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Complaint (Dkt. No. 1) is DISMISSED with prejudice. Dated: November 29, 2022 Syracuse, New York 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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