Morris v. Fletcher et al

Filing 263

ORDER granting 230 Motion for Summary Judgment; granting 232 Motion for Summary Judgment; denying 239 Motion for summary judgment; granting 241 Motion for Summary Judgment adopting 262 Report and Recommendations (Order mailed to Pro Se Party);. Signed by Senior Judge Norman K. Moon on 3/5/2018. (tvt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ROANOKE DIVISION
TERAH C. MORRIS,
Plaintiff,
v.
MRS. FLETCHER, et al.,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 7:15cv00675
FINAL ORDER ADOPTING
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
By: Norman K. Moon
United States District Judge

Terah C. Morris, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights action pursuant
to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that defendants failed to provide him adequate medical treatment
for gender identity disorder. The only remaining issue before me is Morris’s claim that Dr.
McDuffie, Dr. Smith, and Nurse Phipps failed to provide Morris with hormone shots. I referred
the matter to United States Magistrate Judge Pamela Meade Sargent for a Report and
Recommendation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B).
The Magistrate Judge filed a report, finding that there is no genuine dispute of material
fact that Phipps did not deny hormone shots to Morris and that there is no genuine dispute of
material fact that Drs. Smith and McDuffie were not deliberately indifferent to a serious medical
need of Morris. Accordingly, the Magistrate Judge recommends that I grant defendants’ motions
for summary judgment and deny Morris’s motion for summary judgment. None of the parties
have filed objections to the Report and Recommendation within the time allotted. Having
reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation and pertinent portions of the
record, I agree with the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the Magistrate Judge’s
Report and Recommendation (Docket No. 262) is ADOPTED in its entirety; defendants’
motions for summary judgment (Docket Nos. 230, 232, and 241) are GRANTED; Morris’s

motion for summary judgment (Docket No. 239) is DENIED; and this matter is STRICKEN
from the active docket of the court.
The Clerk shall send a copy of this order to the parties.
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ENTER: This _____ day of March, 2018.