Martinez v. United States of America et al

Filing 36

ORDER adopting 32 Report and Recommendation as amended herein; denying 30 Motion to take Judicial Notice; granting in part and denying in part 22 Motion to Dismiss or alternatively for Summary Judgment. Signed by District Judge Carlton W. Reeves on 9/21/2016. Copy mailed to plaintiff at address listed on docket sheet. (AC)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
NORTHERN DIVISION
THOMAS MARTINEZ

PLAINTIFF

V.

CAUSE NO. 3:14-CV-810-CWR-FKB

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET AL.

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
Before the Court are the defendants’ motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, motion for
summary judgment; the plaintiff’s motion to take judicial notice; the Magistrate Judge’s Report
and Recommendation (R&R) on those motions; and the plaintiff’s objections to the R&R. The
matters are fully briefed and ready for adjudication.
The Court has reviewed the plaintiff’s objections de novo. It concludes that the
Magistrate Judge’s thorough review of the record and the law reached the correct findings and
conclusions. The R&R is therefore adopted, with one amendment:
In his motion to take judicial notice, the plaintiff sought to bolster his claims in this suit –
which was filed in 2014 – by showing that in 2015 and 2016, the defendants continued to be
non-responsive to his requests for medical care. As the Magistrate Judge described at page 12 of
the R&R, however, applicable law requires federal prisoners to first exhaust administrative
procedures before filing suit. It follows that if the plaintiff desires judicial relief on alleged
constitutional violations occurring in 2015 and 2016, he should pursue them through the
administrative process and then file a new suit on those particular claims. The motion to take
judicial notice must therefore be denied.

The R&R is adopted with the above amendment, the motion to take judicial notice is
denied, and the defendants’ dispositive motion is granted in part and denied in part.
SO ORDERED, this the 21st day of September, 2016.

s/ Carlton W. Reeves
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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