Pope v. Cornell Companies, Inc. et al

Filing 11

MEMORANDUM ORDER adopting 10 Report and Recommendation. Signed by Judge Ron Clark on 1/13/09. (tkd, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BEAUMONT DIVISION TIMOTHY POPE VS. CORNELL COMPANIES, INC., ET AL. § § § CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:07-CV-735

MEMORANDUM ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Plaintiff Timothy Pope, a prisoner confined at the Beaumont Transitional Treatment Center, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Cornell Companies, Inc. and the Beaumont Transitional Treatment Center. The court ordered that this matter be referred to the Honorable Earl S. Hines, United States Magistrate Judge, at Beaumont, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this court. The magistrate judge recommends dismissing the action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e) as frivolous and for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. The court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed pursuant to such order, along with the record, pleadings and all available evidence. No objections to the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge were filed by the parties.

ORDER Accordingly, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the magistrate judge are correct, and the report of the magistrate judge is ADOPTED. A final judgment will be entered in this case in accordance with the magistrate judge's recommendation. So ORDERED and SIGNED this 13 day of January, 2009.

___________________________________ Ron Clark, United States District Judge

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