Pew v. Sherman et al

Filing 46

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 42 Magistrate Judge Carlson's Report and Recommendation is adopted; 29 Defendants' Motion to revoke Pew's ifp status is denied; this matter is REMANDED to Magistrate Judge Carlson for further proceedings. Signed by Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann on 5/6/2022. (lg)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ALFONSO PERCY PEW,

No. 1:21-CV-00949

Plaintiff,

(Chief Judge Brann)

v.

(Magistrate Judge Carlson)

LT. SHERMAN, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
MAY 6, 2022
Alfonso Percy Pew filed an amended 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint
alleging that numerous individuals violated his civil rights by refusing to move him
from a cell block guarded by an officer against whom Pew had lodged a complaint.1
Defendants have now filed a motion to revoke Pew’s in forma pauperis status.2 On
April 8, 2022, Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson issued a Report and
Recommendation recommending that this Court deny Defendants’ motion.3 No
timely objections were filed to this Report and Recommendation.
Where no objection is made to a report and recommendation, this Court will
review the recommendation only for clear error.4 Regardless of whether objections

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Doc. 20.
Doc. 29.
Doc. 42.
Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), advisory committee notes; see Henderson v. Carlson, 812 F.2d 874, 878
(3d Cir. 1987) (explaining that court should in some manner review recommendations
regardless of whether objections were filed).

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are made, district courts may accept, reject, or modify—in whole or in part—the
findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.5 Upon review of the
record, the Court finds no error in Magistrate Judge Carlson’s conclusion that Pew
should be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis. Consequently, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that:
1.

Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson’s Report and Recommendation
(Doc. 42) is ADOPTED;

2.

Defendants’ motion to revoke Pew’s in forma pauperis status (Doc. 29)
is DENIED; and

3.

This matter is REMANDED to Magistrate Judge Carlson for further
proceedings.

BY THE COURT:

s/ Matthew W. Brann
Matthew W. Brann
Chief United States District Judge

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28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Local Rule 72.31.
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