Lee v. Corizon Health, Inc. et al

Filing 40

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS - IT IS ORDERED THAT:1. The Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation 39 of Magistrate Judge Mehalchick; 2. Plaintiff Taji Jemal Lees motion 25 for leave to file an amended complaint is GRANTED; 3. Plai ntiffs amended complaint 28 , docketed as Proposed Document re: Draft of Amended Complaint is deemed filed as of this date; 4. Defendants motions to dismiss (Doc. Nos. 5 , 9 , 22 ), are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE AS MOOT; 5. The Clerk of Court i s directed to TERMINATE Defendants Corizon Health, Inc. and Prison Health Services, Inc. from the caption of this action; 6. The Clerk of Court is directed to ADD Wexford Health Services and Correct Care Solutions, LLC as Defendants to the caption of the docket; and 7. The above-captioned action is recommitted to Magistrate Judge Mehalchick for further pretrial management. Signed by Honorable Yvette Kane on 9/12/17. (rw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
TAJI JEMAL LEE,
Plaintiff
v.
CORIZON HEALTH, INC., et al.,
Defendants

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No. 1:16-cv-02154
(Judge Kane)
(Magistrate Judge Mehalchick)

ORDER
THE BACKGROUND OF THIS ORDER IS AS FOLLOWS:
Before the Court is the August 16, 2017 Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge
Mehalchick (Doc. No. 39), in which she recommends that Plaintiff Taji Jemal Lee’s motion for
leave to file an amended complaint (Doc. No. 25), be granted and that Defendants’ motions to
dismiss (Doc. Nos. 5, 9, 22), be dismissed without prejudice as moot. No timely objections have
been filed. ACCORDINGLY, on this 12th day of September 2017, upon independent review of
the record and the applicable law, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The Court ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge
Mehalchick (Doc. No. 39);
2. Plaintiff Taji Jemal Lee’s motion for leave to file an amended complaint (Doc.
No. 25), is GRANTED;
3. Plaintiff’s amended complaint, docketed as “Proposed Document re: Draft of
Amended Complaint” (Doc. No. 28), is deemed filed as of this date;
4. Defendants’ motions to dismiss (Doc. Nos. 5, 9, 22), are DISMISSED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE AS MOOT;
5. The Clerk of Court is directed to TERMINATE Defendants Corizon Health, Inc.
and Prison Health Services, Inc. from the caption of this action;
6. The Clerk of Court is directed to ADD Wexford Health Services and Correct
Care Solutions, LLC as Defendants to the caption of the docket; and

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7. The above-captioned action is recommitted to Magistrate Judge Mehalchick for
further pretrial management.
s/ Yvette Kane
Yvette Kane, District Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania

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