Echols v. Autauga County et al (INMATE 2)

Filing 24

OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 9/21/15. (djy, )

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

SCHYLER LEE ECHOLS,

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Plaintiff,
v.
AUTAUGA COUNTY, et al.,
Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION NO.
2:15cv265-MHT
(WO)

OPINION
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, a former
inmate at the Autauga County Jail, filed this lawsuit
challenging the jail staff’s failure to protect him
from sexual assault by other inmates, and naming two
inmates

as

assault.

defendants

as

well,

presumably

for

the

This lawsuit is now before the court on the

recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge
that

that

the

§

1983

claims

against

the

inmate

defendants be dismissed as the inmates are not state
actors; that the motion for summary judgment be granted
as to the remaining defendants due to the running of

the statute of limitations; and that no costs be taxed.
There are no objections to the recommendation.

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 21st day of September, 2015.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE