PALMER v. WINGARD et al

Filing 20

MEMORANDUM ORDER denying 17 Motion to Alter or Amend the Judgment; 18 Report and Recommendation is adopted as the opinion of the Court, and as more fully stated in said Memorandum Order. Signed by Judge Kim R. Gibson on 9/26/2017. (dlg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
JERMAINE PALMER,
Petitioner,
v.
TREVOR WINGARD, SUPERINTENDENT,
S.C.I. SOMERSET,
Respondent

Case No, 3:16-cv-239-KRG-KAP

Memorandum Order
Petitioner's motion to alter or amend the judgment, ECF
no.

1 7,

was

referred

to Magistrate

Judge

Keith A.

Pesto

for

proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C.§ 636,
and Local Civil Rule 72.
The Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation
on January 26, 2017, ECF no. 18, recommending that the motion be
denied. The petitioner was notified that pursuant to 28 U.S.C.§
636(b) (1) he had fourteen days to file written objections to the
Report and Recommendation as supplemented.

Petitioner filed timely

objections at ECF no. 19.
After

de

novo

review

of

the

record

of

this

matter

together with the recommendation and the objections thereto, and
the proceedings at Palmer v.

Zappala,

Case No.

2:16-cv-567-LPL

(W.D.Pa. August 14, 2017), the following order is entered:

AND NOW, this

~<:;

fh
day

of September, 2017, it is

ORDERED that the petitioner's motion at ECF no. 17 to
alter

or

amend

the

judgment

is

denied.

The

Report

Recommendation is adopted as the opinion of the Court.
BY THE COURT:

KIM R. GIBSON,
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Notice to counsel of record by ECF and by U.S. Mail to:
Jermaine Palmer CS-0716
S.C.I. Somerset
1600 Walters Mill Road
Somerset, PA 15510

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