Felder v. Thomas et al (INMATE 2)

Filing 39

OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 8/31/2017. (kh, )

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION
CECIL FELDER,

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Plaintiff,
v.
SGT. CARTER and CAPTAIN
JENKINS,
Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION NO.
3:14cv911-MHT
(WO)

OPINION
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, a state
prisoner,

filed

this

lawsuit

asserting

that

prison

officials’ delay in providing him medical care and one
official’s threats of disciplinary sanctions violated
his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and
unusual punishment.
court

on

the

This lawsuit is now before the

recommendation

of

the

United

States

Magistrate Judge that defendants’ motion for summary
judgment should be granted.
the recommendation.

There are no objections to

After an independent and de novo

review of the record, and because plaintiff has voiced

no objection, the court concludes that the magistrate
judge’s recommendation should be adopted.
An appropriate judgment will be entered.
DONE, this the 31st day of August, 2017.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE