BAINTON v. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER

Filing 22

ORDER Affirming the Report and Recommended Decision of the Magistrate Judge 16 ; denying 18 Motion to Stay; and granting 13 Motion to Dismiss. By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (MSH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
District of Maine

ALICE BAINTON,
Plaintiff
v.
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CENTER,
Defendant

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No. 1:13-cv-00159-GZS

ORDER AFFIRMING THE
RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The United States Magistrate Judge filed with the Court on February 14, 2014, his
Recommended Decision (ECF No. 16). Plaintiff filed her Objection to the Recommended Decision
and Motion to Stay (ECF Nos. 17 and 18) on February 21, 2014. Defendant filed its Objection to
Plaintiff’s Motion to Stay (ECF No. 19) and its Response to Plaintiff’s Objection to the
Recommended Decision (ECF No. 20) on March 5, 2014. Plaintiff filed her Response to
Defendant’s Objection to Motion to Stay (ECF No. 21) on March 18, 2014.
I have reviewed and considered the Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision, together
with the entire record; I have made a de novo determination of all matters adjudicated by the
Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision; and I concur with the recommendations of the United
States Magistrate Judge for the reasons set forth in his Recommended Decision, and determine that
no further proceeding is necessary.
1. It is therefore ORDERED that the Recommended Decision of the Magistrate Judge
is hereby AFFIRMED.
2. It is ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Stay (ECF No. 18) is DENIED.

3. It is ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 13) is GRANTED
because Plaintiff has failed to comply with the time limitations imposed by the
Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b).

/s/George Z. Singal_____________
U.S. District Judge
Dated this 27th day of March, 2014.