Dobbins v. Giles et al (INMATE1)

Filing 117

OPINION directing that, after an independent and de novo review of the record, the court concludes that the magistrate judge's 116 recommendation should be adopted; an appropriate judgment will be entered. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 6/20/11. (scn, )

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

WILLIAM GEOFFERY DOBBINS,
Plaintiff,
v.
J.C. GILES, et al.,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION NO.
2:08cv581-MHT
(WO)

OPINION
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff William
Geoffery

Dobbins,

a

lawsuit

challenging

former
the

state

inmate,

constitutionality

filed
of

this

actions

taken against him by defendants J.C. Giles, Lewis Hulett,
Antonio McClain, Dorothy Starks, Robert Bryant, Richard
Allen,

John

Peasant,

Medical Services.

Nettie

Burks,

and

Correctional

This lawsuit is now before the court

on the recommendation of the United states Magistrate
Judge that the defendants’ motion for summary judgment
should be granted in all respects, except as to Dobbins’s
excessive-force claim against Hulett in his individual

capacity,

which,

according

should go to trial.
recommendation.

to

the

magistrate

judge,

There are no objections to the

After an independent and de novo review

of the record, the court concludes that the magistrate
judge’s recommendation should be adopted.
An appropriate judgment will be entered.
DONE, this the 20th day of June, 2011.

/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE