King v. Fahy-Box

District Court, N.D. New York

King v. Fahy-Box

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SAMMY J. KING, Plaintiff, -against- 5:19-CV-1309 (LEK/TWD) COLLEEN FAHY-BOX, Defendant.

DECISION AND ORDER 1. INTRODUCTION This matter comes before the Court following a Report-Recommendation and Order filed on January 17, 2020, by the Honorable Thérése Wiley Dancks, United States Magistrate Judge, pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b) and Local Rule 72.3, Dkt. No. 6 (“Report-Recommendation” and “Order”), concerning the sufficiency of pro se plaintiff Sammy J. King’s complaint, Dkt. No. 1 (“Complaint”). Il. STANDARD OF REVIEW Within fourteen days after a party has been served with a copy of a magistrate judge’s report-recommendation, the party “may serve and file specific, written objections to the proposed findings and recommendations.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); L.R. 72.1(c). If objections are timely filed, a court “shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” § 636(b). However, if no objections are made, or if an objection is general, conclusory, perfunctory, or a mere reiteration of an argument made to the magistrate judge, a district court need review that aspect of a report-recommendation only for clear error. Barnes v. Prack, No. 11-CV-857,

2013 WL 1121353

, at *1 (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 18, 2013); Farid v. Bouey,

554 F. Supp. 2d 301, 306-07

, 306 n.2 (N.D.N.Y. 2008), abrogated on other grounds by Widomski v. State Univ. of N.Y. at Orange,

748 F.3d 471

(2d Cir. 2014)). Il. DISCUSSION Since the Report-Recommendation was docketed, Plaintiff has filed a single document, which is incomprehensible. Dkt. No. 7. For instance, it requests that Plaintiff be allowed to take some oath of office under “syntax law.”

Id.

Consequently, even viewing this document with the liberality due a pro se plaintiffs filings, see Tracy v. Freshwater,

623 F.3d 90, 101

(2d Cir. 2010), the Court cannot even liberally construe it as an objection to Judge Dancks’s Report- Recommendation. The Court has therefore reviewed the Report-Recommendation for clear error and has found none. The Report-Recommendation is consequently adopted by the Court in its entirety. IV. CONCLUSION Accordingly, it is hereby: ORDERED, that the Report-Recommendation (Dkt. No. 6) is APPROVED and ADOPTED in its entirety; and it is further ORDERED, that Plaintiff's Complaint is DISMISSED without leave to amend for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction; and it is further ORDERED, that the Clerk close this case; and it is further ORDERED, that the Clerk serve a copy of this Decision and Order on all parties in accordance with the Local Rules.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 14, 2020 Albany, New York

Lawrénee E. Kahn U.S. District Judge

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