Whitmore v. Snyder et al

Filing 120

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION ADOPTING IN ITS ENTIRETY 117 Report and Recommendations. Motion for Summary Judgment 105 filed by C/O Mezo is granted as to all claims against Mezo in his official capacity and denied as to all claims against Mezo in his individual capacity. Clerk of Court to enter judgment accordingly at close of case. Signed by Judge J. Phil Gilbert on 3/27/09. (dka, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS TROY D. WHITMORE, Plaintiff, v. LIEUTENANT WALKER, et al., Defendants. Case No. 04-cv-837-JPG

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (R&R) of Magistrate Judge Proud recommending that Defendant Thomas Mezo's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 105) be granted in part and denied in part. The time for filing objections to the R&R has passed. After reviewing a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, the Court may accept, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations of the magistrate judge in the report. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). The Court must review de novo the portions of the report to which objections are made. "If no objection or only partial objection is made, the district court judge reviews those unobjected portions for clear error." Johnson v. Zema Systems Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 1999). The Court has received no objection to the R&R The Court has reviewed the entire file and finds that the R&R is not clearly erroneous. Accordingly, the Court hereby ADOPTS the R&R in its entirety (Doc. 117). Defendant Mezo's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 105) is GRANTED as to all claims against Mezo in his official capacity and DENIED as to all claims against Mezo in his individual capacity. The Clerk of Court is Directed to enter judgment accordingly at the close of the case. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: March 27, 2009 s/ J. Phil Gilbert J. PHIL GILBERT DISTRICT JUDGE