Staton v. City of New York et al

Filing 28

OPINION & ORDER: For the reasons stated herein, the Court adopts the Report (Dkt. 26) in full. Plaintiff's claims against Charles Carey are hereby dismissed. (Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 5/09/2013) (djc)

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usnc Sf)'\' DOC\\II '\ I ELEcrtHJ'\.IC\LLY FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------)( DO(,#: DATE FILEIl: I l 57(012 DARREN STANTON, 12 Civ. 4170 (PAE) (JCF) Plaintiff, -v- OPINION & ORDER CITY OF NEW YORK et al. Defendants. ------------------------------------------------------------------------)( PAUL A. ENGELMA YER, District Judge: Before the Court is the April 22, 2013, Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV (the "Report"). Judge Francis recommends that the Court dismiss the plaintiffs claims against Charles Carey, counsel for defendants in this case, for failure to state a claim. For the reasons that follow, the Court adopts the Report in full, and the plaintiffs claims against Mr. Carey are dismissed. I. Background On February 11,2013, the Court dismissed Stanton's Complaint with leave to amend. Dkt. 23. On April 4, 2013, Stanton filed an amended Complaint, which named as defendants the City of New York, Dora Schriro, Charles Carey, and Dr. Jean Richard. Dkt. 25. On April 22, 2013, Judge Francis sua sponte issued the Report, recommending that Stanton's claims against Mr. Carey be dismissed. Dkt. 26. The deadline for the parties to file objections to the Report was May 6, 2013. No objections have been filed. II. Discussion In reviewing a Report and Recommendation, a district court "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 1 U.S.C. ยง 636(b)(I)(C). To accept those portions of the report to which no timely objection has been made, "a district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record." Carlson v. Dep 't ofJustice, No. 10 Civ. 5149 (PAE) (KNF), 2012 WL 928124, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 19,2012) (citation omitted); see also Wilds v. United Parcel Serv., 262 F. Supp. 2d 163,169 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). Stanton has proffered no objections to the Report, so a review for clear error is appropriate. Careful review of the Report reveals no facial error in its conclusions; the Report is therefore adopted in its entirety. Even had the Court been reviewing the Report de novo, it would adopt it in full: Stanton's Amended Complaint includes no allegations of Mr. Carey's personal involvement, and indeed, includes no factual allegations against Mr. Carey at all. Because the Report explicitly states that "[fJailure to file timely objections will preclude appellate review," see Report 2, Stanton's failure to object operates as a waiver of appellate review. See Caidor v. Onondaga Cnty., 517 F.3d 601,604 (2d Cir. 2008) (citing Small v. Sec y ofHealth & Human Servs., 892 F.2d 15, 16 (2d Cir. 1989)). CONCLUSION For the reasons stated herein, the Court adopts the Report (Dkt. 26) in fulL Plaintiffs claims against Charles Carey are hereby dismissed. So ORDERED. P~A' 0b Paul A. Engelmayer United States District Judge Dated: May 9,2013 New York, New York 2

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