Blackwell v. Middletown Police Department et al

Filing 80

ORDER DENYING pro se pltf's appeal 79 of Chief Magistrate Judge Carlson's order 73 & AFFIRMING Chief Magistrate Judge Carlson's order 73 . (See order for complete details.) Signed by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner on 11/8/13. (ki)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

WILLIAM BLACKWELL,
Plaintiff,
v.
POLICE OFFICER ANDREW CRONE
and POLICE OFFICER FURE,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:12-CV-0825
(Chief Judge Conner)

ORDER
AND NOW, this 8th day of November, 2013, upon consideration of the order
(Doc. 73) issued by Chief Magistrate Judge Carlson on October 23, 2013, in which Judge
Carlson denied the multiple discovery motions (Docs. 35, 45, 47, 68, 70) filed by the pro se
plaintiff without prejudice to the refiling of a single, comprehensive discovery motion if
the above-captioned matter is not resolved during the upcoming settlement conference,
(see Doc. 73 at ¶ 2), and further upon consideration of the pro se plaintiff’s appeal (Doc.
79) of Judge Carlson’s order, wherein the plaintiff reasserts his disagreement with the
magistrate judge’s resolution of his motions, (id.), and the court finding no error in the
resolution of the plaintiff’s discovery motions and agreeing with the magistrate judge’s
case management strategy, and the court further finding that the pro se plaintiff is in no
way prejudiced by the non-prejudicial dismissal of his various motions, and the court
observing, as did the magistrate judge, that some of the motions were either moot (Doc.
35) or repetitive of one another (see Docs. 68, 70), and the court thus concluding that the
magistrate judge’s order was neither clearly erroneous nor contrary to law, see Local

Rule of Court 72.2, it is hereby ORDERED that the pro se plaintiff’s appeal (Doc. 79) is
DENIED and the order (Doc. 73) of Chief Magistrate Judge Carlson is AFFIRMED.

/S/ CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER
Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania