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Whitmore v. Walker

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois
Mar 27, 2009
Case No. 04-cv-837-JPG (S.D. Ill. Mar. 27, 2009)

Summary

finding a lay person would not perceive bruises and swelling as a serious medical condition requiring immediate medical attention

Summary of this case from Kendricks v. Williams

Opinion

Case No. 04-cv-837-JPG.

March 27, 2009


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER


This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (R R) of Magistrate Judge Proud recommending that the Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 107) filed on behalf of Defendants Carter, Casten, Ferrell, Fritz, Greenley, Henry, Helmer, Miner, Presswood, Rees, Tourville, Walker, Welborn, Westerman, and Witthoft be granted in part and denied in part. The time for filing objections to the R R has passed.

After reviewing a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, the Court may accept, reject or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations of the magistrate judge in the report. Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b). The Court must review de novo the portions of the report to which objections are made. "If no objection or only partial objection is made, the district court judge reviews those unobjected portions for clear error." Johnson v. Zema Systems Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 1999). The Court has received no objection to the R R The Court has reviewed the entire file and finds that the R R is not clearly erroneous. Accordingly, the Court hereby ADOPTS the R R in its entirety (Doc. 118). Defendants's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 107) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as follows: GRANTED GRANTED GRANTED GRANTED GRANTED DENIED DENIED DENIED

Count 3 as to defendants Tourville and Westerman; Count 4 as to defendants Moore, Ferrell, Welborn, Fritz, Casten; Count 5 as to defendant Casten; Count 6 as to defendants Moore and Walker; Count 8 as to defendant Carter Count 10 as to all defendants; Count 15 as to all defendants; Count 16 as to all defendants. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment accordingly at the close of the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Whitmore v. Walker

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois
Mar 27, 2009
Case No. 04-cv-837-JPG (S.D. Ill. Mar. 27, 2009)

finding a lay person would not perceive bruises and swelling as a serious medical condition requiring immediate medical attention

Summary of this case from Kendricks v. Williams
Case details for

Whitmore v. Walker

Case Details

Full title:TROY D. WHITMORE, Plaintiff, v. LIEUTENANT WALKER, et al., Defendants

Court:United States District Court, S.D. Illinois

Date published: Mar 27, 2009

Citations

Case No. 04-cv-837-JPG (S.D. Ill. Mar. 27, 2009)

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