ORDER

STEVEN MERRYDAY, District Judge

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 and Local Rule 6.01(b), the court referred (Doc. 21) the defendants' motion for summary judgment (Docs. 14, 40) to the United States Magistrate Judge for a report and recommendation. Following the Magistrate Judge's August 11, 2006, report and recommendation (Doc. 47), the defendants object (Doc. 48) and the plaintiff responds (Doc. 51).

A de novo determination of those portions of the report and recommendation to which the defendants object reveals that the objections either are unfounded or otherwise require no different resolution of the motion. Accordingly, the defendants' objections (Doc 48) are OVERRULED and the Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation (Doc. 47) is ADOPTED. The defendants' motion for summary judgment (Docs. 14, 40) is GRANTED on the plaintiff's disparate treatment claim (Counts I and III) and hate crime claim (Count V). In all other respects, the defendants' motion for summary judgment (Docs. 14, 40) is DENIED.

ORDERED.