Anthony E. Proctor v. Susquehanna Township Borough, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania reviewed general objections to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation concerning Anthony E. Proctor’s amended civil rights complaint. Finding no clear error or manifest injustice, the court adopted the report and recommendation and dismissed the amended complaint without leave to amend, including recommendations concerning the false-arrest, retaliation, and access-to-the-courts claims.

Holdings

1. When a party raises only general objections to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation, the district court is not required to conduct de novo review and instead reviews the record for clear error or manifest injustice.
2. The report and recommendation was adopted because the district court found no clear error or manifest injustice on the face of the record.
3. The amended complaint was dismissed without leave to amend pursuant to the adopted report and recommendation.

Questions Presented

1. Whether a district court must conduct de novo review when a party makes only general objections to a magistrate judge's report and recommendation.
2. Whether the record disclosed clear error or manifest injustice requiring rejection of the report and recommendation.
3. Whether the amended complaint should be dismissed without leave to amend.

Disposition

dismissed