UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS ERIC WATKINS, § § Plaintiff, § § versus § CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:12-CV-18 § L. WESTON, § § Defendant. § ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Plaintiff Eric Watkins, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, brought this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics,

(1971), against L. Weston. The court referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate Judge, at Beaumont, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this court. The magistrate judge recommends dismissing the action pursuant to

(e) for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. The court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed pursuant to such order, along with the record, pleadings and all available evidence. No objections to the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge were filed by the parties. ORDER Accordingly, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the magistrate judge are correct, and the report of the magistrate judge (#58) is ADOPTED. A final judgment will be entered in this case in accordance with the magistrate judge’s recommendation.

SIGNED at Beaumont, Texas, this 16th day of May, 2022.

MARCIA A. CRONE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE