Jowers v. Wynne et al

Filing 13

ORDER that: (1) By agreement of the parties, the name of defendant William T. Wynn, Jr. (who is sued in his official capacity only) is corrected to read William W. Wynne, Jr. The docket sheet is corrected to reflect the same. (2) Defendants State o f Alabama and Wynne's, motion to dismiss 9 is granted as set out in order. (3) By agreement of the parties, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles is substituted for the State of Alabama as the defendant on plaintiff Jowers's Title VI I claims. The State of Alabama is thus terminated as a party in this case. (4) The motion to dismiss 9 is denied in all other respects; that the only remaining claims and parties are: (1) the race and sex discrimination claims against defendant Al abama Board of Pardons and Paroles under Title VII and (2) the race and sex discrimination claims against defendant Wynne seeking injunctive relief under § 1983 (the statutory enforcement provision for the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment). Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 6/15/2012. (jg, )

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION ROSSLON JOWERS, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. STATE OF ALABAMA and WILLIAM T. WYNN, JR., in his official capacity as Chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Defendants. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:12cv423-MHT (WO) ORDER Based on the representations made during the on-therecord oral argument by telephone on June 15, 2012, at 8:00 a.m., it is ORDERED that: (1) By agreement of the parties, the name of defendant William T. Wynn, Jr. (who is sued in his official capacity only) is corrected to read William W. Wynne, Jr. The docket sheet is corrected to reflect the same. (2) Defendants State of Alabama and Wynne’s, motion to dismiss (doc. no. 9) is granted to the following extent: plaintiff Rosslon Jowers’s Fourth Amendment claims against the defendants State of Alabama and Wynne are dismissed by agreement of the parties; plaintiff Jowers’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against the defendant State of Alabama are dismissed; plaintiff Jowers’s § 1983 claims against defendant Wynne insofar as the claims seek money damages are dismissed; plaintiff Jowers’s claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981a, 2000e through 2000e-17, against defendant Wynne are dismissed. (3) By agreement of the parties, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles is substituted for the State of Alabama as the defendant on claims. plaintiff Jowers’s Title VII The State of Alabama is thus terminated as a party in this case. (4) The motion to dismiss (doc. no. 9) is denied in all other respects. It is further ORDERED that the only remaining claims and parties are: (1) the race and sex discrimination 2 claims against defendant Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles under Title VII and (2) the race and sex discrimination claims against defendant Wynne seeking injunctive relief under § 1983 (the statutory enforcement provision for the Equal Protection Clause of Fourteenth Amendment). DONE, this the 15th day of June, 2012. /s/ Myron H. Thompson UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE the

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