Chafin v. West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services et al

Filing 41

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER adopting and incorporating the 39 Proposed Findings and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and granting the defendants' 38 motion to dismiss; directing that the plaintiff's complaint is dismissed. Signed by Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. on 12/21/2018. (cc: plaintiff; counsel of record; United States Magistrate Judge) (taq)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
AT CHARLESTON
CHRISTOPHER LEE CHAFIN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Civil Action No. 2:16-cv-05127

WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF
JUVENILE CORRECTIONS, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
The court having received the Proposed Findings and
Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Dwane L. Tinsley
entered on November 14, 2018; and the magistrate judge having
recommended that the court grant the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
for Failure to Prosecute and Failure to Comply with a Court Order;
and dismiss this civil action in accordance with Rule 41(b) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and no objection having been filed
to the Proposed Findings and Recommendation, it is ORDERED that the
findings made in the Proposed Findings and Recommendation of the
magistrate judge be, and they hereby are, adopted by the court and
incorporated herein and that the defendants’ motion to dismiss be,
and it hereby is, granted.

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It is, therefore, ORDERED that the plaintiff’s complaint
be, and it hereby is, dismissed.
The Clerk is directed to forward copies of this written
opinion and order to the plaintiff, all counsel of record, and the
United States Magistrate Judge.
ENTER: December 21, 2018

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