Taylor v. Miller, et al (INMATE 1)
Filing
58
OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 10/15/14. (scn, )
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION
JANET CHEREE TAYLOR,
Plaintiff,
v.
LT. W. MILLER and SGT. J.
WEEKS,
Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION NO.
2:13cv279-MHT
(WO)
OPINION
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, a former
state inmate, filed this lawsuit complaining that the
defendants,
both
correctional
officers,
violated
her
Eighth Amendment right to be free of cruel and unusual
punishment.
She
alleges
that,
during
a
prison
shakedown, one of the defendants slapped her across the
face and poked her in the forehead, causing her head to
bang against the wall, in order to stop her from crying
very hard in response to the officers’ confiscation of,
and refusal to return, her pictures of her recently
deceased father and her copy of his obituary. She also
alleges that, when she complained to him, the other
defendant was verbally abusive and made racist remarks
towards her.
This
The defendants deny any wrongdoing.
lawsuit
is
now
before
the
court
on
the
recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge
that
plaintiff’s
prosecute.
prison
case
Plaintiff,
since
recommendation
undeliverable,
filing
was
of
magistrate
the
who
returned
After
record,
judge’s
dismissed
suit
filed
recommendation.
review
be
no
an
the
has
and
by
for
been
released
whose
the
failure
copy
post
independent
court
recommendation
of
to
and
concludes
should
from
the
office
objections
be
de
that
to
as
the
novo
the
adopted.
Despite the serious allegations in this case, it is
clear that plaintiff has abandoned it.
An appropriate judgment will be entered.
DONE, this the 15th day of October, 2014.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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