Thomas v. Lawson et al

Filing 9

ORDER ADOPTING 4 Report and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge as the opinion of the Court, dismissing as moot 7 Motion for Default Judgment. The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to CLOSE this case and to enter the appropriate judgment of dismissal. Signed by Judge Lisa G. Wood on 8/31/2017. (ca)

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THOMAS L. THOMAS,

Plaintiff,

CIVIL ACTION NO.: 5:17-cv-8

V.

KAREN LAWSON;JANET BELL;
VINCENT CULLOTTA;DAVID A.
BASINSKI; and J. KELLY BROOKS,
Defendants.

ORDER

After an independent and de novo review of the entire

record, the undersigned concurs with the Magistrate Judge's
Report and Recommendation, dkt. no. 4, to which Plaintiff filed

Objections, dkt. no. 6.

Plaintiff's Objections offer little

more than the reiteration of the claims he set forth in his

original Complaint, save his bare allegations that the

Magistrate Judge acted as the Defendants' attorney in fact.

Id

at p. 1.

The Court OVERRULES Plaintiff's Objections, as they are
without merit.

Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS the Magistrate

Judge's Report and Recommendation as the opinion of the Court,

DISMISSES Plaintiff's Complaint, DENIES Plaintiff's request for

A0 72A

(Rev. 8/82)

injunctive relief, and DENIES Plaintiff in forma pauperis status
on appeal.

The Court DIRECTS the Clerk of Court to CLOSE this

case and to enter the appropriate judgment of dismissal.^

SO ORDERED, this

| day of ^
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, 2017.

)D, JUDGE

UNITEX STATES DISTRICT COURT
lERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

Plaintiff also filed a Motion for Default Judgment based on the
named Defendants' failure to respond to his Complaint. Dkt. No. 7.
As Defendants were not served with a copy of Plaintiff's Complaint,
Defendants were under to attendant duty to respond to the allegations
contained therein.
Motion.

Thus, the Court DISMISSES as moot Plaintiff's