STANFORD v. WALTON et al

Filing 114

ORDER. It is hereby ORDERED that the Motions to Dismiss, ECF Nos. 61 and 78 , are DENIED. It is further ORDERED that 86 Motion to Dismiss is hereby GRANTED. The Clerk ofCourt is directed to terminate Defendants Dawn Bickerton and Amy Widmar as parties to this action. It is further ORDERED that Chief Magistrate Judge Kelly's 111 Report and Recommendation is hereby ADOPTED as the opinion of this Court. Signed by Judge Mark R. Hornak on 2/26/18. (bdb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ORLANDO STANFORD,

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Plaintiff,

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JOHN WALTON, ERIC SCHWARTZ,
STEVEN CMAR, BRAD TOMASELLO,
GEORGE LOWTHER, DAWN
BICKERTON, AMY WIDMAR,
WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISON, and
WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISON
BOARD,
Defendants.

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Civil' Action No. 16-1584
Judge Mark R. Hornak
Chief Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly

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ORDER OF COURT

AND NOW, this;.y day of February, 2018, after Plaintiff Orlando Stanford filed an
action in the above-captioned case, after Motions to Dismiss were filed at ECF Nos. 61, 78, and
86, and after Responses were filed thereto, a Report and Recommendation was filed by Chief
United States Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly, ECF No. 111.

Having reviewed the

Objections filed thereto by Plaintiff, ECF No. 112, the Response in Opposition to the Objections
filed by Defendants Dawn Bickerton and Amy Widmar, ECF No. 113, upon independent review
of the record, and upon consideration of the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation,
which is ADOPTED as the opinion of this Court,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Motions to Dismiss, ECF Nos. 61 and 78, are DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 86, is GRANTED. The Clerk of
Court is directed to terminate Defendants Dawn Bickerton and Amy Widmar as parties to this
action.

Mark R. Hornak
United States District Judge

cc:

Honorable Maureen P. Kelly
Chief United States Magistrate Judge
Orlando Stanford
3732-2017
3000 South Grande Blvd.
Greensburg, PA 15601
All Counsel of Record Via CM-ECF

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