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recommending summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity because the Second Circuit has not addressed the question whether a prisoner encouraging another inmate to file a grievance is constitutionally protected conduct
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9:05-CV-0824.
October 21, 2009
DELTA L. EADY, Plaintiff pro se.
CHARLES E. ROBERTS, ESQ., HON. ANDREW M. CUOMO, Attorney General for the State of New York, The Capitol, Albany, NY, Counsel for Defendants.
ORDER
The above matter comes to me following a Report-Recommendation by Magistrate Judge George H. Lowe, duly filed on the 30th day of September 2009. Following ten days from the service thereof, the Clerk has sent me the file, including any and all objections filed by the parties herein.
After careful review of all of the papers herein, including the Magistrate Judge's Report-Recommendation, and no objections submitted thereto, it is
ORDERED that:
1. The Report-Recommendation is hereby adopted in its entirety.
2. The Defendants' motion to dismiss or for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 79) is granted in part and denied in part. All of Plaintiff's claims are dismissed except: (1) the allegations against Defendant Stone in Paragraphs 155-59 of the complaint; (2) the allegations against Defendants Hays and Holts in Paragraphs 56-61 of the complaint; and (3) the allegation against Defendant Miller in Paragraph 242 of the complaint. Defendants are ordered to answer those claims.
3. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order upon all parties and the Magistrate Judge assigned to this case.