IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

RODNEY RIDER, : 1:18-cv-802 Plaintiff, : : Hon. John E. Jones III v. : : Hon. William I. Arbuckle III ALBARO CASTRO, et al., : Defendants. :

ORDER

February 24, 2020

AND NOW, upon consideration of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge William I. Arbuckle (Doc. 28), recommending that we grant in part and deny in part the Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment, with Plaintiff’s failure to protect claim against Defendant Castro as well as Plaintiff’s failure to provide adequate medical care claims against Defendants Castro and Knecht surviving summary judgment, and noting that Defendants filed objections (Docs. 36 and 37) to the report1 to which the Plaintiff has responded (Doc. 38), and the Court finding Judge Arbuckle’s analysis to be thorough, well-

1 Where objections to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation are filed, the court must perform a de novo review of the contested portions of the report. Supinksi v. United Parcel Serv., Civ. A. No. 06-0793,

, at *3 (M.D. Pa. Jan. 16, 2009) (citing Sample v. Diecks,

, 1106 n. 3 (3d Cir. 1989);

(b)(1)(c)). “In this regard, Local Rule of Court 72.3 requires ‘written objections which . . . specifically identify the portions of the proposed findings, recommendations or report to which objection is made and the basis for those objections.’”

(citing Shields v. Astrue, Civ. A. No. 07-417,

, at *6 (M.D. Pa. Sept. 8, 2008). reasoned, and fully supported by the record, and the Court further finding Defendants’ objections to be without merit2 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Arbuckle (Doc. 35) is ADOPTED in its entirety. 2. The Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 28) is

GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows: a. Summary judgment is DENIED with respect to Plaintiff’s failure to protect claim against Defendant Castro and Plaintiff’s failure to provide adequate medical care claims against Defendants Castro

and Knecht. b. Summary judgment is GRANTED in all other respects. c. The Clerk shall TERMINATE all Defendants with the exception

of Defendants Castro and Knecht. 3. This matter is REMANDED to Magistrate Judge Arbuckle for the purposes of determining whether the parties are willing to submit to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge for trial or whether the parties are

2 Defendants’ submission contains no arguments that cause us to depart from the Magistrate Judge’s appropriate reasoning and correct conclusions. Our review of the record in this matter confirms the Magistrate Judge’s correct conclusion that genuine issues of material fact exist such that granting summary judgment on Plaintiff’s failure to protect and failure to provide adequate medical care claims would be inappropriate. interested in mediation with the Magistrate Judge. Judge Arbuckle shall report his findings to the undersigned.

s/ John E. Jones III John E. Jones III United States District Judge