FROST v. CRAWFORD COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS et al

Filing 56

MEMORANDUM ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 31 Motion to Dismiss Crawford and Erie County Courts of Common Pleas as Parties to Habeas Corpus Action is GRANTED. The Clerk of Courts is directed to terminate the following Defendants from this action: Crawford and Erie County Courts of Common Pleas; adopting 53 Report and Recommendations. Signed by Judge Sean J. McLaughlin on 8/2/2011. (rlh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MICHAEL FROST,
Petitioner,
v.
D.O.C. CAMPHILL, et. al.,
Respondents.

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Civil Action No. 10-117 Erie

MEMORANDUM ORDER
This habeas action was received by the Clerk of Court on May 14, 2010 and was
referred to United States Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter for report and
recommendation in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. ' 636(b)(1), and
Rules 72.1.3 and 72.1.4 of the Local Rules for Magistrates.
The Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 53], filed on July
13, 2011, recommended that the “Motion to Dismiss Crawford and Erie County Courts
of Common Pleas as Parties to Habeas Corpus Action” [ECF No. 31] be granted and
that the Clerk of Courts be directed to terminate these parties from the docket. The
parties were allowed fourteen (14) days from the date of service to file objections and
service was made on Petitioner by certified mail. No objections were filed. After de
novo review of the documents in the case, together with the Report and
Recommendation, the following order is entered:
AND NOW, this 2nd day of August, 2011;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the “Motion to Dismiss Crawford and Erie County
Courts of Common Pleas as Parties to Habeas Corpus Action” [ECF No. 31] is
GRANTED. The Clerk of Courts is directed to terminate the following Defendants from
this action: Crawford and Erie County Courts of Common Pleas.

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The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 53] of Magistrate Judge Baxter, filed
on July 13, 2011, is adopted as the opinion of the Court.

s/

cm:

Sean J. McLaughlin
United States District Judge

All parties of record
Susan Paradise Baxter, U.S. Magistrate Judge

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