Ejonga-Deogracias v. Department of Corrections et al

Filing 26

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re 25 Objections to Report and Recommendation filed by JoJo Ejonga-Deogracias signed by Judge Robert J. Bryan. **1 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(JoJo Ejonga-Deogracias, Prisoner ID: 366372)(MET)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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JOJO EJONGA-DEOGRACIAS,
No. C15-5784 RJB-KLS

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Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,
LEON N. KERSHAW, CAROLEE ROOP,

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Defendants.

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The Court, having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Karen

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L. Strombom, objections to the Report and Recommendation, (Dkt. 25), and the remaining

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record, does hereby find and ORDER:

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(1)

The Court adopts the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 24).

(2)

Plaintiff’s motion to voluntarily dismiss Defendants Kershaw and Roop (Dkt. 23)
is GRANTED and plaintiff’s claims against them are dismissed without
prejudice. The remainder of Defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED.
Plaintiff’s Objections (Dkt. 25), to the Report and Recommendation’s
recommendation that the claims against the Washington Department of
Corrections be dismissed on Eleventh Amendment grounds, are without merit and
are unsupported under the law. Plaintiff’s claims against the Washington
Department of Corrections are dismissed with prejudice. This case is closed.

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The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to Plaintiff and to the Hon.
Karen L. Strombom.

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DATED this 6th day of June, 2016.

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ROBERT J. BRYAN
United States District Judge
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