Woods v. Johnson (INMATE 1)

Filing 10

OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 11/4/2016. (kh, )

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION
JAMES AMAR WOODS,

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Plaintiff,
v.
MARK JOHNSON,
Defendant.

CIVIL ACTION NO.
1:16cv761-MHT
(WO)

OPINION
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, an inmate,
filed this lawsuit seeking injunctive and declaratory
relief to stop the defendant--who currently serves as
the district attorney of Houston County but represented
plaintiff

prior

to

becoming

prosecuting plaintiff.
court

on

the

a

prosecutor--from

This lawsuit is now before the

recommendation

of

the

United

States

Magistrate Judge that plaintiff’s claims against the
defendant district attorney be dismissed with prejudice
on the basis of absolute prosecutorial immunity, that
plaintiffs’
relief

be

claims
dismissed

for

declaratory

without

and

prejudice,

and

injunctive
that

his

motion for preliminary injunction be denied.

There are

no

After

objections

to

the

recommendation.

an

independent and de novo review of the record, the court
concludes
should

be

that

the

adopted,

magistrate
except

judge’s

that

all

recommendation
claims

will

dismissed without prejudice.
An appropriate judgment will be entered.
DONE, this the 4th day of November, 2016.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

be