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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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2013 27 I: S2 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAMON MURILLO, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

P. FLOlJRNOY, et aI., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. l1cv1687 BEN 

(BGS) 

ORDER ADOPTING 

REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION TO: 

(1) DENY PLAINTIFF'S 

R1r.QUEST TO TREAT THE 

MOTION TO DISMISS AS A 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT; AND 

(2) GRANT DEFENDANTS' 

MOTION TO DISMISS 

PLAINTIFF'S FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

[ECF Nos. 34, 40, 50] 

Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se and informa pauperis, filed an amended 

civil rights complaint on November 29,2011. (ECF No. 10.) Defendants moved to 

dismiss on various grounds. (ECF No. 34.) On January 30, 2013, Magistrate Judge 

Bernard G. Skomal issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that 

Defendants' Motion to Dismiss be granted. (ECF No. 50.) Plaintiff moved for an 

extension oftime to file an Objection but the Court denied that request. (ECF Nos. 51, 

52.) No objections were filed by the February 18, 2013 deadline. For the reasons 

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stated below, the Court adopts the well-reasoned Report and Recommendation ofthe 

Magistrate Judge and grants Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. 

A district judge "may accept, reject, or modify the recommended decision" of a 

Magistrate Judge on a dispositive matter. FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3); see also 28 U.S.C. 

§636(b )(1). Moreover, the court shall make a de novo determination ofthose portions 

of the report and recommendation to which objection is made. FED. R. CIV. P. 72. 

"The statute makes it clear that the district judge must review the magistrate judge's 

findings and recommendations de novo ifobjection is made, but not otherwise .... 

Neither the Constitution nor the statute requires a district judge to review, de novo, 

findings and recommendations that the parties themselves accept as correct." u.s. v. 

Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (emphasis in original). 

In the Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Skomal correctly 

considered the Plaintiff's arguments and determined that Plaintiff failed to exhaust 

administrative remedies with respect to certain claims, and failed to adequately plead 

other claims. Moreover, Plaintiffs claims against Defendants in their official 

capacities are barred by the Eleventh Amendment. Accordingly, this Court ADOPTS 

in full the Report and Recommendation. Plaintiff s request for the Court to treat 

Defendants' motion to dismiss as a motion for summary judgment is DENIED. 

Defendants' motion to dismiss is GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: Febru~t2013 

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