IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA KEITH ALEXANDER, ) ) Case No. 3:22-cv-224 Plaintiff, ) ) JUDGE KIM R. GIBSON v. ) ) CASEY JAMES, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM ORDER This matter is before Magistrate Judge Patricia L. Dodge (“Magistrate Judge Dodge”) for proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act,

, and Local Civil Rule 72. On October 5, 2023, the Court docketed pro se plaintiff Keith Alexander’s (“Mr. Alexander”) Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 81). On January 19, 2024, Defendant Terri Sechrengost (“Ms. Sechrengost”) filed a “Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint[,]” requesting that the Court “dismiss all claims against her from the Amended Complaint[.]” (ECF No. 96 at 1). On July 3, 2024, Magistrate Judge Dodge entered a Report and Recommendation, recommending that the Court deny Ms. Sechrengost’s Motion at ECF No. 96. (ECF No. 111 at 8). Further, Magistrate Judge Dodge noted that the parties were permitted to file “objections to [the] Report and Recommendation” within fourteen days. (Id. at 12). Finally, she stated that “[fJailure to do so will waive the right to appeal.” (/d.) (citing Brightwell v. Lehman,

, 193 n.7 (3d Cir. 2011)). Neither party has filed Objections to Magistrate Judge Dodge’s Report and Recommendation, and the timeframe within which to do so has passed. (See docket entry

accompanying ECF No. 111). Accordingly, upon reasoned consideration of the Record and the Report and Recommendation, see EEOC v. City of Long Branch,

(3d Cir. 2017), the Court will adopt the recommendation of Magistrate Judge Dodge in this matter. Cf. Hickey v. Merritt-Scully, No. 4:18-CV-01793,

, at *12 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 24, 2022); Abrante v. Guarini, No. 12-CV-6860,

, at *4-5 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 7, 2014). Therefore, the following Order is entered: AND NOW, this day of September, 2024, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Magistrate Judge Dodge’s Report and Recommendation at ECF No. 111 is ADOPTED as the Opinion of the Court for its reasoning and conclusions. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss at ECF No. 96 is DENIED for the

reasons set forth in the Report and Recommendation at ECF No. 111 and those above.

BY THE COURT:

Ue ¢ Pm) OU MARL. KIM R. GIBSON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Notice by U.S. mail to: Keith Alexander 2604 Island Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19153