Jordan v. Adams County Jail et al

Filing 30

ORDER. The Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge 25 , filed 3/18/2011, is APPROVED AND ADOPTED. Plaintiffs Motion For Summary Judgment 22 filed 3/14/2011 is DENIED. By Judge Robert E. Blackburn on 4/21/2011.(sah, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge Robert E. Blackburn
Civil Case No. 10-cv-02176-REB-BNB
AARON I. JORDON,
Plaintiff,
v.
ADAMS COUNTY, and
S. FULLER, Program Coordinator,
Defendants.

ORDER ADOPTING RECOMMENDATION OF
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Blackburn, J.
This matter is before me on the following: (1) the plaintiff’s Motion for Summary
Judgment [#22]1 filed March 14, 2011; and (2) the Recommendation of United States
Magistrate Judge [#25], filed March 18, 2011. No objections to the recommendation
have been filed and, therefore, I review it only for plain error. See Morales-Fernandez
v. Immigration & Naturalization Service, 418 F.3d 1116, 1122 (10th Cir. 2005).2
Finding no error, much less plain error, in the magistrate judge’s recommended
disposition, I find and conclude that the recommendation should be approved and

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“[#22]” is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a
specific paper by the court’s case management and electronic case filing system (CM/ECF). I use this
convention throughout this order.
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This standard pertains even though plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this matter. MoralesFernandez, 418 F.3d at 1122. Of course, because plaintiff is proceeding pro se, I have construed his
pleadings more liberally and held them to a less stringent standard than formal pleadings drafted by
lawyers. See Erickson v. Pardus, 551 U.S. 89, 94, 127 S. Ct. 2197, 2200, 167 L.Ed.2d 1081 (2007);
Andrews v. Heaton, 483 F.3d 1070, 1076 (10th Cir. 2007); Hall v. Bellmon, 935 F.2d 1106, 1110 (10th
Cir. 1991) (citing Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21, 92 S.Ct. 594, 595-96, 30 L.Ed.2d 652 (1972)).

adopted.
THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED as follows:
1. That the Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge [#25], filed
March 18, 2011, is APPROVED AND ADOPTED as an order of this court; and
2. That plaintiff’s Motion For Summary Judgment [#22] filed March 14, 2011,
is DENIED.
Dated April 21, 2011, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:

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