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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 29, 2020

Turner v. The City of New York

Judge
Analisa Torres
Docket
1:18-cv-09988
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureMotion to DismissPro Se
In one sentence

In Turner v. City of New York, Judge Torres adopted the recommendation, denied dismissal as to the City, and granted dismissal motions for the other defendants.

Who this affects

The ruling directly affected the claims against the City of New York, Dr. Muhammad Zaman, John Doe #2, John Doe #3, New York City and Hospitals Corp., and Dr. Michael Tanner. Allen Turner was proceeding without a lawyer.

What happened

In Turner v. The City of New York, the court reviewed a recommended decision after receiving no objections. The case involved defendants’ requests to dismiss claims against them.

The opinion does not describe the underlying events or explain the legal arguments in detail. It says only that the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake, and found none.

Judge Analisa Torres adopted the recommendation in full. She denied the motion to dismiss the claims against the City of New York and granted the motions to dismiss the claims against Dr. Muhammad Zaman, John Doe #2, John Doe #3, New York City and Hospitals Corp., and Dr. Michael Tanner. The court also directed that a copy of the order be mailed to Allen Turner, who was proceeding without a lawyer.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Turner v. The City of New York · No. 1:18-cv-09988
Judge
Analisa Torres
Date
Jan. 29, 2020

Background

The order concerns defendants’ motions to dismiss claims in Allen Turner’s case. The opinion does not provide the underlying factual allegations or the parties’ legal arguments. It states that the court had received no objections to a report and recommendation by Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn.

Court’s Review

Because no objections were filed, Judge Torres reviewed the report and recommendation for clear error, meaning an obvious mistake in the recommendation. The court found no clear error and adopted the report and recommendation in its entirety.

Rulings

The court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss the claims against the City of New York.

The court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the claims against Dr. Muhammad Zaman, John Doe #2, John Doe #3, New York City and Hospitals Corp., and Dr. Michael Tanner.

The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate the defendants’ motions at ECF Nos. 24 and 33 and to mail a copy of the order to Allen Turner, who was proceeding without a lawyer.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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