Williams v. Catoe

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION

§ ELLIOTT WILLIAMS, #481914, § § Plaintiff, § § v. § Case No. 6:17-cv-627-JDK-KNM § JEFFREY CATOE, et al., § § Defendants. § § §

ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND DENYING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER This action was referred to United States Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell, who issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order (Docket No. 200) should be denied. Docket No. 261. Plaintiff has filed objections. Docket No. 281. This Court reviews the objected-to portions of the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation de novo. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). In conducting a de novo review, the Court examines the entire record and makes an independent assessment under the law. Douglass v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc), superseded on other grounds by statute, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (extending the time to file objections from ten to fourteen days). Having conducted a de novo review of the Magistrate Judge’s Report and the record in this case, the Court finds that the Report is correct, and the objections are without merit. Accordingly, the Court hereby ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (Docket No. 261) as the findings of this Court. Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order (Docket No. 200) is DENIED. So ORDERED and SIGNED this 24th day of November, 2020.

JHREMYJD. KERNODLE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE