Payne v. Oklahoma, State of et al

Filing 25

ORDER by District Judge James H. Payne: affirming and adopting 22 Report and Recommendation; denying 9 Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement, or, in the Alternative, Motion to Dismiss (cjt, Deputy Clerk)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
JAMES C. PAYNE,

Plaintiff,
v.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. CIV-15-10-JHP

ORDER AFFIRMING AND ADOPTING THE ORDER
OF THE UNITED STATES
MAGISTRATE JUDGE

On August 25, 2015, the United States Magistrate Judge entered a Report and
Recommendation regarding the defendants’ Pittsburg County Jail, Pittsburg County Sheriff’s
Department, Sheriff Joel Kerns, Pittsburg County Commissioners Gene Rogers and Kevin Smith,
and Pittsburg County Jail Administrator Missi Eldridge Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement,
or, in the alternative, Motion to Dismiss. The Magistrate Judge recommended the Motion to Enforce
Settlement Agreement, or, in the alternative, Motion Dismiss be denied. The defendants have filed
an objection to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation within the time prescribed by
law. 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a).
This Court finds that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is supported
by the record. Therefore, upon full consideration of the entire record and the issues presented
herein, this Court finds and orders that the Report and Recommendation entered by the United States
Magistrate Judge on August 25, 2015, be AFFIRMED and ADOPTED by this Court as its Findings
and Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 17th day of September, 2015.

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