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Civil No. 13-3277 (JRT/LIB)
01-21-2015
JOHN SMITH, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al, Defendants.
John Smith, 14029-059, FCI Otisville, P.O. Box 444, 2 Mile Drive, Otisville, NY 10963, pro se plaintiff, Chad A. Blumenfield, Assistant United States Attorney, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55415, for defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
John Smith, 14029-059, FCI Otisville, P.O. Box 444, 2 Mile Drive, Otisville, NY 10963, pro se plaintiff, Chad A. Blumenfield, Assistant United States Attorney, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55415, for defendants.
Based upon the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Leo I. Brisbois, and after an independent review of the files, records and proceedings in the above-entitled matter, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. The Federal Defendants' Motion to Dismiss or, in the alternative, for Summary Judgment, [Docket No. 60], is GRANTED.
2. Defendant Thomas Mayer's Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Statutory Dismissal Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 145.682, [Docket No. 72] is GRANTED.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY. Dated: January 21, 2015
at Minneapolis, Minnesota
s/John R. Tunheim
JOHN R. TUNHEIM
United States District Judge