Ryan v. Carson City Correctional Facility et al

Filing 92

ORDER accepting 62 Report and Recommendation, granting 61 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply, denying 59 Request and on 60 Motion to Stay. Signed by District Judge George Caram Steeh. (MBea)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

SEAN MICHAEL RYAN,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 17-CV-10562
HON. GEORGE CARAM STEEH

vs.
CARSON CITY CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER ACCEPTING MAGISTRATE
JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION [DOC. 62]
Plaintiff Sean Michael Ryan filed his pro se complaint under 42
U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), averring
that his medical problems interfere with his life in prison and his access to
prison services, and that defendants fail to properly accommodate these
disabilities. On August 8, 2017, plaintiff filed a request for an order for the
MDOC to authorize the purchase of a typewriter [doc. 59]. He explains
that the sole remaining typewriter in the law library broke on July 23, 2017,
and the MDOC turned down his father-in-law’s offer to donate a new
typewriter. On August 23, 2017, the magistrate judge issued her report

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and recommendation recommending that plaintiff’s request for injunctive
relief be denied.
Plaintiff filed objections to the report and recommendation within the
established time period. The objections consist of plaintiff’s alternate
suggestion that a freeze be placed on his prisoner account so that his
father-in-law can deposit funds for plaintiff to purchase a typewriter. A
temporary freeze on plaintiff’s account would allow the funds to be
available for the typewriter rather than be deducted by MDOC to pay for
court costs.
While the court acknowledges that plaintiff’s suggestion might provide
a way for him to obtain his desired result with regard to the typewriter, he
does not offer a specific objection to the proposed findings and
recommendations of the report that form the basis for this court to reject
said findings or recommendations. Furthermore, the court agrees with the
reasons given by the magistrate judge in her well-reasoned report and
recommendation denying plaintiff’s request for an order instructing the
MDOC to authorize the purchase of a typewriter. Now, therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s objections to the report and
recommendation are OVERRULED.

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the magistrate judge’s
report and recommendation is ACCEPTED as the order of the court.
Dated: October 18, 2017
s/George Caram Steeh
GEORGE CARAM STEEH
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Copies of this Order were served upon attorneys of record on
October 18, 2017, by electronic and/or ordinary mail and also
on Sean Michael Ryan # 787263, Carson City Correctional
Facility, 10274 Boyer Road, Carson City, MI 48811.
s/Barbara Radke
Deputy Clerk

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