Bernard v. Houston Police Department et al

Filing 37

ORDER ADOPTING 36 Memorandum and Recommendations GRANTING IN PART, DENYING IN PART 34 MOTION for Summary Judgment . (Signed by Judge Gray H Miller) Parties notified.(rkonieczny, 4)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
GEORGE BERNARD ,
Plaintiff,
v.
CITY OF HOUSTON , et al.,
Defendants.

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March 22, 2017
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION H-15-734

O RDER A DOPTING M EMORANDUM & R ECOMMENDATION
Pending before the court is the Magistrate Judge’s Memorandum and Recommendation
(“M&R”) (Dkt. 36) relating to the defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Dkt. 34). The M&R
advises that any parties wishing to object to the M&R must do so by March 16, 2016. Dkt. 36 at 64.
The court has received no objections. The court, having reviewed the M&R, relevant documents
within the record, and the applicable law, and having received no objections, ADOPTS the M&R
in its entirety. For the reasons stated in the M&R, the defendants’ motion for summary judgment
is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The plaintiff’s claims, except for the excessive
force claim against individual defendant Officer Ferdinand Rodriguez under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, are
DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

Signed at Houston, Texas on March 22, 2017.

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Gray H. Miller
United States District Judge