The opinion
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA FILED
SCRANTON
FRANK TUFANO,
MAR 20 2026
Plaintiff pen
V. : 3:25-CV-1400 DEPUTY CLERK
: (JUDGE MARIANI)
PAUL SALADINO, MD, et ai., :
Defendants :
ORDER
AND NOW, THIS 3 OF MARCH, 2026, upon review of Magistrate
Judge Leo Latella’s Report & Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. 6) for clear error or manifest
injustice,’ IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. The R&R (Doc. 6) is ADOPTED for the reasons stated therein.
2. Plaintiff's Complaint is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
' Ifa party timely and properly files a written objection to a Magistrate Judge's Report and
Recommendation, the District Court “shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or
specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” 28 U.S.C, § 636(b)(1)(C);
see also, Brown v. Astrue, 649 F.3d 193, 195 (3d Cir. 2011); M.D. Pa. Local Rule 72.3. Here, following the
issuance of the R&R, Plaintiff filed a "Response to Report and Recommendations by Judge Latella” (Doc.
8, at 1) and “Brief in Support of Motion for Leave to File Third Party Complaint” (Doc. 7; Doc. 8 at 2).
Plaintiff's filings are insufficient to rise to the level of one or more Objections fo the R&R. Tufano’s one-
page, near-identical, filings reference the R&R’s “comprehensive and detailed reasoning for why {his]
claims are not admissible” but assert that “clear wrongdoing” has nonetheless been committed against him
and that he would “prefer this matter to be determined by a trial of his peers as opposed to any individual
judge.” (See Doc. 8, at 1; see also, Doc. 7). Plaintiff's filings do not reference any specific portions of the
R&R to which objection is made or set forth any statement or assertion which would alter the correctness of
the pending R&R or affect this Court's review of the R&R. The Court thus need not engage in a de novo
analysis, Nonetheless, upon review of the relevant documents, even if this Court applied a de novo review,
the result would be the same.
3. The Clerk of Court is directed to CLOSE the above-captioned action.
Robert D. Mariani
United States District Judge