Camac et al v. The Long Beach City School District et al
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. For the reasons set forth in the attached Memorandum and Order, the Court adopts the 75 February 3, 2015 report and recommendations of Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown. The Court grants Defendants' 64 motion for summary judgment. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. Ordered by Judge Margo K. Brodie on 2/27/2015. (Krause, Aimee)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
--------------------------------------------------------------CHRISTOPHER CAMAC, and TONI LYNN
CAMAC, both individually and on behalf of their
son, C.T.C., an infant under 17 years of age,
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
09-CV-5309 (MKB)
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT,
DR. ROBERT GREENBERG, individually and in
his official capacity, AUDREY GOROPEUSCHEK,
individually and in her official capacity, and AMA
DARKEH, individually and in her official capacity,
Defendants.
--------------------------------------------------------------MARGO K. BRODIE, United States District Judge:
Plaintiffs Christopher Camac and Toni Lynn Camac commenced the above-captioned
action on behalf of themselves and their infant son, C.T.C., on December 4, 2009, against
Defendants the Long Beach City School District, Dr. Robert Greenberg, Audrey Goropeuscheck,
and Ama Darkeh, alleging violations of Plaintiffs’ constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Plaintiffs also asserted violations of their rights under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, et seq. (the “Rehabilitation Act”), Title III of the Americans with
Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12182, et seq. (the “ADA”), various articles of the New York State
Constitution, New York State Human Rights Law, Executive Law § 290, et seq. (the
“NYSHRL”), and New York State common law. (Docket Entry No. 1) Plaintiffs alleged that
Defendants called 911 and falsely reported that C.T.C. had threatened to commit suicide at
school, and, as a result, C.T.C. was removed from school, taken by the police and paramedics to
Nassau University Medical Center (“NUMC”) and held at NUMC for fourteen days. (Id.)
Defendants moved to dismiss the Complaint, and on July 22, 2011, Judge Denis R. Hurley 1
granted in part and denied in part Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Complaint pursuant to Rule
12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 2 (Docket Entry No. 15 (“Motion to Dismiss
Order”).)
Defendants later moved for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56(c) of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, (Docket Entry No. 64), and on October 10, 2014, the Court referred the
motion to Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown for a report and recommendation. By Report and
Recommendation issued February 3, 2015, (“R&R”), Judge Brown recommended that the Court
grant Defendants’ motion in its entirety. (Docket Entry No. 75.) No objections to the R&R were
filed by the February 18, 2015 deadline. (See id. (“Objections to R&R due by 2/18/2015.”)) For
the reasons set forth below, the Court adopts the R&R and grants Defendants’ motion for
summary judgment.
A district court reviewing a magistrate judge’s recommended ruling “may accept, reject,
or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.”
28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). “Failure to object to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation
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This action was transferred to the undersigned on March 23, 2012.
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In the July 22, 2011 Motion to Dismiss Order, Judge Hurley denied Defendants’
motion to dismiss as to (1) Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment seizure claim brought on behalf of
C.T.C., and (2) Plaintiffs’ Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process claim, brought by
Christopher Camac and Toni Lynn Camac on their own behalf, to the extent both of those claims
were brought pursuant to Section 1983 against Defendants Goropeuschek and Darkeh in their
individual capacities. (Motion to Dismiss Order 39.) Judge Hurley also denied Defendants’
motion to dismiss as to (1) Plaintiffs’ ADA and Rehabilitation Act retaliation claims; (2) the
New York State law false imprisonment claim brought on behalf of C.T.C.; and (3) Plaintiffs’
claims under sections 296(6) and 296(7) of the NYSHRL. (Id.) Judge Hurley granted
Defendants’ motion to dismiss as to all other claims. (Id. at 38–39.) In opposition to the motion
for summary judgment, Plaintiffs voluntarily withdrew their NYSHRL claims. (Pl. Mem. in
Opp’n to Defs. Mot. for Summary Judgment (“Pl. Opp’n Mem.”) 24.)
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within the prescribed time limit ‘may operate as a waiver of any further judicial review of the
decision, as long as the parties receive clear notice of the consequences of their failure to
object.’” Sepe v. New York State Ins. Fund, 466 F. App’x 49, 50 (2d Cir. 2012) (quoting United
States v. Male Juvenile, 121 F.3d 34, 38 (2d Cir. 1997)); see also Almonte v. Suffolk Cnty., 531
F. App’x 107, 109 (2d Cir. 2013) (“As a rule, a party’s failure to object to any purported error or
omission in a magistrate judge’s report waives further judicial review of the point.” (quoting
Cephas v. Nash, 328 F.3d 98, 107 (2d Cir. 2003))); Wagner & Wagner, LLP v. Atkinson,
Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd & Carwile, P.C., 596 F.3d 84, 92 (2d Cir. 2010) (“[A] party
waives appellate review of a decision in a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation if the
party fails to file timely objections designating the particular issue.”).
The Court has reviewed the unopposed R&R, and, finding no clear error, the Court
adopts Judge Brown’s R&R in its entirety pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). For the foregoing
reasons, the Court grants Defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to all claims. The Clerk
of the Court is directed to close this case.
SO ORDERED:
s/ MKB
MARGO K. BRODIE
United States District Judge
Dated: February 27, 2015
Brooklyn, New York
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