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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 00:26:59+00:00

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CITY OF NEW YORK and CO JOHN DOE, Defendants.
Plaintiff Walley Quinones, pro se, brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Defendants City of New York (the "City") and an unidentified correction officer, alleging he was deprived of adequate medical care while he was in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) The City moves for summary judgment, arguing that Plaintiffs claims are barred by a general release he executed in connection with the settlement of another action against the City. (Def.'s Mot. for Summ. J.; ECF No. 42; Mem. in Supp. of Def.'s Mot. for Summ. J., ECF No. 43.) Plaintiff has not responded to the City's motion.
This matter was referred to Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman for general pretrial supervision, as well as to report and recommend on any dispositive motions. (ECF No. 3.) Before this Court is Magistrate Judge Freeman's July 13, 2018 Report and Recommendation ("Report", ECF No. 46), recommending that this Court deny without prejudice the City's motion for summary judgment due to its failure to support the motion with admissible evidence. (Id. at 7.) In her Report, Magistrate Judge Freeman advised the parties that failure to file timely objections to the Report would constitute a waiver of those objections on appeal. (Id. at 7-8.) No. objections have been filed, nor has the City taken any action to cure the technical deficiencies.
Having reviewed the Report for clear error and finding none, this Court ADOPTS the Report in full.
A court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings set forth in a report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). Where no party files objections to a report and recommendation, as here, the court may adopt it if "there is no clear error on the face of the record." Adee Motor Cars, LLC v. Amato, 388 F.Supp.2d 250, 253 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (quoting Nelson v. Smith, 618 F.Supp. 1186, 1189 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)). Clear error is present only when "upon review of the entire record, [the court is] left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed." United States v. Snow, 462 F.3d 55, 72 (2d Cir. 2006) (citation omitted).
Summary judgment is appropriate when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a). "An issue of fact is 'genuine' if 'the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.'" Gayle v. Gonyea, 313 F.3d 677, 682 (2d Cir. 2002) (quoting Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 (1986)). A fact is material when "it 'might affect the outcome of the suit under the governing law.'" Gayle, 313 F.3d at 682 (quoting Anderson, 477 U.S. at 248).
The party seeking summary judgment has the burden of demonstrating that no genuine issue of material fact exists. See Marvel Characters, Inc. v. Simon, 310 F.3d 280, 286 (2d Cir. 2002). The moving party may satisfy that burden only by submitting evidence in admissible form to support the material facts claimed to be undisputed. Ehrens v. Lutheran Church, 385 F.3d 232, 235 (2d Cir. 2004); Gallov. Prudential Residential Servs., Ltd P 'ship, 22 F.3d 1219, 1223 (2d Cir. 1994). Aparty asserting that a fact is not genuinely disputed must support that assertion by "citing to particular parts of materials in the record, including depositions, documents, electronically stored information, affidavits or declarations, stipulations (including those made for purposes of the motion only), admissions, interrogatory answers, or other materials." Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c)(1); see also S.D.N.Y. Local Civil Rule 56.1 (requiring party moving for summary judgment to submit a statement of material facts as to which there is no genuine issue to be tried, with "citation[s] to evidence which would be admissible, set forth as required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c)"). In addition, "[a]n affidavit or declaration used to support or oppose a motion must be made on personal knowledge, set out facts that would be admissible in evidence, and show that the affiant or declarant is competent to testify on the matters stated." Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c)(4).
Although the non-moving party must generally "come forward with admissible evidence sufficient to raise a genuine issue of fact for trial in order to avoid summary judgment," Jaramillo v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 536 F.3d 140, 145 (2d Cir. 2008), it is well settled that summary judgment may not be granted on default. See Vt. Teddy Bear Co. v. 1-800 Beargram Co., 373 F.3d 241, 246 (2d Cir. 2004). Thus, where no opposition to a summary judgment motion is filed, as here, the court must be satisfied that "each [assertion] of material fact is supported by record evidence sufficient to satisfy the movant's burden of production." Jackson v. Fed. Express, 766 F.3d 189, 194 (2d Cir. 2014).

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