Opinion
Civil Action 1:19-CV-118
08-02-2021
ESSIE DAWAIN HOPKINS v. HENRY BROWN, ET AL.
MEMORANDUM ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
THAD HEARTFIELD UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiff Essie Dawain Hopkins, a prisoner previously confined at the Stiles Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Dominic Akotor, Rockella Neal, and Kaitlyn Vinson.
The court referred this matter to the Honorable Keith F. Giblin, United States Magistrate Judge, at Beaumont, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this court. The magistrate judge recommends granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment.
The court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed pursuant to such order, along with the record and pleadings. No objections to the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge were filed by the parties.
ORDER
Accordingly, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the magistrate judge are correct, and the report and recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (document no. 25) is ADOPTED.
Defendants' motion for summary judgment (document no. 23) is GRANTED. A final judgment will be entered in this case in accordance with the Magistrate Judge's recommendation.