Opinion

TALLEY v. LACOTTA

Court
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Filed
Jul 8, 2024
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 31.8%

The opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

QUINTEZ TALLEY, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) Civil Action No. 22-1663

v. ) Judge Nora Barry Fischer

) Magistrate Judge Christopher B. Brown

C/O LACOTTA, et al. )

)

Defendants. )

ORDER OF COURT

AND NOW, this 8th day of July, 2024, upon consideration of the Report and

Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Richard A. Lanzillo, dated June 14, 2024,

(Docket No. 44),1 recommending that Plaintiff Quintez Talley’s Complaint and Supplemental

Complaint be dismissed for failure to prosecute and failure to comply with Court Orders, after

conducting an analysis of all of the relevant factors under Poulis v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.,

747 F.2d 863 (3d Cir. 1984), and ordering that any objections be filed within 14 days such that

objections were due from non-ECF users like Plaintiff by July 1, 2024, and no objections having

been filed by the date of this Order, and upon independent review of the record and consideration

of the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation of June 14, 2024, which is ADOPTED as

the opinion of this Court,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Complaint and Supplemental Complaint

(Docket Nos. 8 and 28) are DISMISSED, with prejudice, for failure to prosecute, in light of the

facts and circumstances of this case and the relevant factors under Poulis set forth by the

1 On July 3, 2024, the referral of this civil action was reassigned to Magistrate Judge Christopher

B. Brown pursuant to Administrative Order 2024-07 filed at 2:24-mc-10001.

Magistrate Judge which are further buttressed by Plaintiff’s failure to file objections to the

Report and Recommendation of June 14, 2024 as of the date of this Order;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendants E. Armel,

C.O. Johnson, C.O. Glover, Rhonda House, Lacotta, George M. Little, Lt. Fisher, Keri Moore,

PA Dept. of Corrections and Lt. Starchok (Docket No. 40) is terminated, as moot. As noted in

the Report and Recommendation, Plaintiff’s failures to respond to the Motion to Dismiss, the

Magistrate Judge’s Show Cause Order and the deadline for objections to the Report and

Recommendation make it impossible to proceed;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall mark this case CLOSED; and,

FINALLY, IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of

Appellate Procedure, Plaintiff has thirty (30) days to file a notice of appeal as provided by Rule 3

of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.

s/ Nora Barry Fischer

Nora Barry Fischer

Senior U.S. District Judge

cc/ecf: United States Magistrate Judge Christopher B. Brown

All counsel of record.

cc: QUINTEZ TALLEY

KT 5091

SCI CAMP HILL

P.O. Box 8837

2500 Lisburn Road

Camp Hill, PA 17001

(via first class mail)

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