Opinion
Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-01092
12-14-2012
TAMMY MEANS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF McKEESPORT, VERNON ANDREWS, Police Officer and individually, McKEESPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendants,
Judge Mark R. Hornak
MEMORANDUM ORDER
The above captioned case was initiated by the filing of a Complaint (ECF No. 1) on August 24, 2012, and was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly for pretrial proceedings in accordance with the Magistrate Judges Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and the local rules of court.
On November 19, 2012, the Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 29) recommending that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 12) be granted in part and denied in part. All parties were served with the Report and Recommendation by electronic filing and were advised that they had until December 6, 2012 to file written objections to the Report and Recommendation. No objections have been filed.
After de novo review of the pleadings and documents in this case, together with the Report and Recommendation, the following order is entered;
AND NOW, this 14th day of December, 2012:
IT IS ORDERED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 12) is GRANTED as to Amended Complaint (ECF No. 11) Counts IV, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII, claims for punitive damages against the City of McKeesport, and all claims as specifically against "City of McKeesport Police Department," and DENIED as to Counts I, II, III and VI;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (ECF. No. 29) dated November 19, 2012, is ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court.
By the Courts:
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Mark R. Hornak
United States District Judge
cc: All counsel of record
The Honorable Maureen P. Kelly