Mahone v. Dunn, et al (INMATE 1)

Filing 5

OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 3/24/2017. (kh, )

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION
DEAN E. MAHONE,

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Plaintiff,
v.
JEFFERSON S. DUNN,
Commissioner, ADOC,
et al.,
Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION NO.
2:16cv988-MHT
(WO)

OPINION
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, a state
prisoner, filed this lawsuit alleging that corrections
officials

violated

his

Eighth

Amendment

rights

by

failing to protect him from being stabbed by a mentally
ill prisoner.
the

This lawsuit is now before the court on

recommendation

of

the

United

States

Magistrate

Judge that plaintiff’s case be dismissed for failure to
pay the required initial filing fee.
objections to the recommendation.

There are no

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 24th day of March, 2017.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE