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**NOT FOR PRINTED PUBLICATION**
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
LUFKIN DIVISION
CLARENCE WRIGHT §
VS. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 9:18-CV-120
TEXAS DEP’T OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, §
ET AL.
ORDER OVERRULING PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTIONS AND ACCEPTING
THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Plaintiff Clarence Wright, a prisoner confined at the Polunsky Unit of the Texas Department 
of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis , 
filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Texas Department of Criminal 
Justice, Correctional Institutions Division and Bryan Collier.
The Court referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate 
Judge, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this Court. The Magistrate 
Judge has submitted a Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge. The 
Magistrate Judge recommends denying plaintiff’s motion for default judgment.
The Court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States 
Magistrate Judge, along with the record and the pleadings. Plaintiff filed objections to the 
Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation. PageID #: 
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The Court has conducted a de novo review of the objections in relation to the pleadings and
the applicable law. See FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b). After careful consideration of all the pleadings and
the relevant case law, the Court concludes that plaintiff’s objections lack merit. 
ORDER
Accordingly, plaintiff’s objections (docket entry #44) are OVERRULED. The findings of
fact and conclusions of law of the Magistrate Judge are correct, and the report of the Magistrate
Judge (docket entry #40) is ACCEPTED. Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment (docket entry #36)
is DENIED.
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So Ordered and Signed
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