Welch v. Grounds et al

Filing 44

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 43 Report and Recommendations, granting 12 MOTION to Dismiss with Brief in Support filed by Brad Livingston. Brad Livingston terminated. Signed by Judge Michael H. Schneider on 9/27/12. (mrm, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
TEXARKANA DIVISION
DONNY RAY WELCH

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v.

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DAWN GROUNDS, ET AL.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:11cv200

MEMORANDUM ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The Plaintiff Donny Welch, proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C.
§1983 complaining of alleged violations of his constitutional rights in the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division. This Court ordered that the case be referred to
the United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1) and (3) and the Amended Order
for the Adoption of Local Rules for the Assignment of Duties to United States Magistrate Judges.
One of the named Defendants, TDCJ Executive Director Brad Livingston, has filed a motion
asking that he be dismissed from the lawsuit. On September 7, 2012, the Magistrate Judge issued
a Report recommending that this motion be granted and that Livingston be dismissed from the case.
A copy of this Report was sent to Welch at his last known address, return receipt requested, but no
objections have been received; accordingly, he is barred from de novo review by the district judge
of those findings, conclusions, and recommendations and, except upon grounds of plain error,
from appellate review of the unobjected-to factual findings and legal conclusions
accepted and adopted by the district court. Douglass v. United Services Automobile Association,
79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc).
The Court has reviewed the pleadings in this cause and the Report of the Magistrate Judge.
Upon such review, the Court has concluded that the Report of the Magistrate Judge is correct. It is
accordingly
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ORDERED that the Report of the Magistrate Judge (docket no. 43) is hereby ADOPTED as
the opinion of the District Court. It is further
ORDERED that the motion to dismiss filed by the Defendant Brad Livingston (docket no.
12) is hereby GRANTED and the Defendant Brad Livingston is hereby DISMISSED with prejudice
as a party to this lawsuit.
It is SO ORDERED.
SIGNED this 27th day of September, 2012.

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MICHAEL H. SCHNEIDER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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