Ward v. Smoke et al

Filing 37

OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 12/28/15. (djy, )

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

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Plaintiff,
v.
STEPHANIE DANIELS SMOKE,
individually and as a
member of the Elmore
County Commission,
et al.,
Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION NO.
2:14cv675-MHT
(WO)

OPINION
Pursuant
Ward,

a

to

42

former

U.S.C.
employee

§

1983,
of

the

plaintiff
Elmore

Rhonda
County

Commission, naming as defendants the commission and its
members and asserting violations of her federal rights
to equal protection and substantive and procedural due
process in the handling of her termination appeal.

She

also brings a state claim for failure to train and
supervise against the commission.

This lawsuit is now

before the court on the recommendation of the United
States

Magistrate

Judge

that

defendants’

motion

to

dismiss be granted and Ward’s case be dismissed.
before

the

court

recommendation.

are

After

Ward’s
an

objections

independent

Also

to

and

the

de

novo

review of the record, the court concludes that Ward’s
objections

should

be

overruled

and

the

magistrate

judge’s recommendation adopted.
An appropriate judgment will be entered.
DONE, this the 28th day of December, 2015.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE