Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:18-CV-00243
07-09-2019
YASMIN RUVALCABA Plaintiff. v. ANGLETON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL. Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On May 20, 2019, this case was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). See Dkt. 20. Pending before Judge Edison was Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. Dkt. 15. On June 6, 2019, Judge Edison filed a Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 21) recommending that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss be GRANTED.
On June 20, 2019, Plaintiff filed her Objections. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this Court is required to "make a de novo determination of those portions of the [magistrate judge's] report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection [has been] made." After conducting this de novo review, the Court may "accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." Id.; see also FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3).
The Court has carefully considered the Objections; the Response; the Memorandum and Recommendation; the pleadings; and the record. The Court ACCEPTS Judge Edison's Memorandum and Recommendation and ADOPTS it as the opinion of the Court. It is therefore ORDERED that:
(1) Judge Edison's Memorandum and Recommendation (Dkt. 21) is APPROVED AND ADOPTED in its entirety as the holding of the Court; and
(2) Defendants' Motion to Dismiss be GRANTED. More specifically, (1) Plaintiff Yasmin Ruvalcaba's Section 1983 Equal Protection claim against Defendant Jerry Crowell is dismissed; and (2) Plaintiff Yasmin Ruvalcaba's request that punitive damages be awarded on her Title IX claim is dismissed.
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED at Galveston, Texas, this 9th day of July, 2019.
/s/_________
George C. Hanks Jr.
United States District Judge