Rossetti v. Shapiro et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
BELINDA J. ROSSETTI,
Plaintiff
v.
JOSHUA D. SHAPIRO, et. al.
Defendants
No. 1:25cv422
(Judge Munley)
(Magistrate Judge Camoni)
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ORDER
Before the court is a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") from Magistrate
Judge Sean A. Camoni in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §
1983. (Doc. 16). The R&R recommends that: (1) the defendants' motion to
dismiss, (Doc. 10), be granted; (2) plaintiff's First Amendment claim be dismissed
with prejudice; and (3) plaintiff's selective prosecution claim be dismissed without
prejudice and with leave to amend .
The R&R was issued on January 16, 2025. 	No objections to the R&R have
been filed and the time for such filing has passed. 	The R&R is thus ready for
review.
In deciding whether to adopt an R&R when no timely objections are filed,
the court must determine if a review of the record evidences plain error or
manifest injustice. FED. R. CIv. P. 72(b), 1983 Advisory Committee Notes ("When
no timely objection is filed, the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear
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error on the face of the record to accept the recommendation"); see also 28
U.S.C. § 636(b )(1 ); Sullivan v. Cuyler, 723 F.2d 1077, 1085 (3d Cir. 1983).
After reviewing Rossetti 's complaint, the parties' arguments regarding the
defendants' motion to dismiss, and the well-reasoned analysis by the United
States Magistrate Judge, the court concludes that there is neither clear error on
the face of the record nor a manifest injustice. 	Therefore, the court will accept
the R&R and adopt it in its entirety. The court will impose a reasonable deadline
to file an amended complaint. 	Should plaintiff fai l to meet this deadline, this
action will be dismissed for failure to prosecute and failure to comply with a court
order. 	In the interim , the court will direct the Clerk of Court to administratively
close this case .
Accordingly , it is hereby ORDERED that:
1) The R&R, (Doc. 16), is ADOPTED ;
2) Defendants' motion to dismiss, (Doc. 10), is GRANTED;
3) Plaintiff's complaint is DISMISSED; the Fi rst Amendment claim with
prejudice, and the selective prosecution claim without prejudice;
4) Plaintiff is granted leave to file an amended complaint her selective
prosecution claim , so long as the amendment addresses the deficiencies
identified in the R&R;
5) Plaintiff shall file any amended complaint on or before March 6, 2026;
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6) Should plaintiff fail to file an amended complaint within this period , this
action will be dismissed with prejudice; and
7) The Clerk of Court is directed to administratively close this case pending
the filing of any amended complaint.
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