HANKINS v. WOLF et al

Filing 90

ORDER denying 69 Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Motion for Sanctions, and Motion for TRO; denying 82 Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Motion for TRO, and Motion to Stay; overruling 89 Plaintiff's objections; and adopting 86 the Report and Recommendations as the opinion of the Court. Signed by Judge Terrence F. McVerry on 01/06/15. (mcp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Robert Hankins,
Plaintiff,
v.
Wolf, et al.
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 1:12-168
District Judge Terrence F. McVerry
Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter

MEMORANDUM ORDER
This case is before the Court on the pending Report and Recommendation filed by
Magistrate Judge Baxter on December 19, 2014 (ECF No. 86).1

In the Report and

Recommendation, Judge Baxter recommended that Plaintiffs’ motions for preliminary injunction
(ECF Nos. 69, 82) be denied for lack of personal jurisdiction over the persons that he seeks to
enjoin: employees of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections employed at the State
Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania who are not named defendants in this action.
In addition, Judge Baxter noted that if Plaintiff wishes to obtain injunctive relief against those
individuals, he may do so by filing a separate action in the United States District Court for the
Middle District of Pennsylvania, or by requesting injunctive relief in an existing action which he
has pending in that jurisdiction.
Plaintiff was served with the Report and Recommendation and informed that any
objections were due on or before January 5, 2015. Plaintiff has since filed an objection (ECF
No. 89). The Court finds that no response is required.
After de novo review of the pleadings and documents in the case, together with the
Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered:
1. Counsel for defendants filed a response to Plaintiffs’ more recent motion (ECF No. 85), and Plaintiff filed a reply
thereto (ECF No. 88).

AND NOW, this 6th day of January, 2015:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the objections of Plaintiff are OVERRULED, that the
Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court, and that the motions for
preliminary objection are DENIED.
By the Court:
s/ Terrence F. McVerry
Senior United States District Judge
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ROBERT HANKINS
DT-3209
SCI Camphill
PO Box 200
Camp Hill, PA 17001-0200
(via first-class mail)
Mary Lynch Friedline
Email: [e-mail]

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