Burton v. Walker et al (INMATE 1)

Filing 21

OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 8/30/2024. (c/s) (LAB)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION
MORGAN JEROME BURTON, JR., )
)
Plaintiff,
)
)
v.
)
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JACOB A. WALKER, III, and
)
JESSICA VENTIERE,
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Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION NO.
3:23cv499-MHT
(WO)

OPINION
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, an inmate,
filed

this

lawsuit

contending

that

he

was

illegally

sentenced in violation of his rights to due process and
equal protection and that his Eighth Amendment right to
be free from cruel and unusual punishment was violated
by his exposure to COVID-19 and violent conditions in
the

Alabama

Department

of

assault by another inmate.

Corrections

and

by

his

This lawsuit is now before

the court on the recommendation of the United States
Magistrate Judge that plaintiff’s case be dismissed.
Also before the court are plaintiff’s objections to the

recommendation.
review

of

plaintiff’s

the

After

an

record,

objections

independent

the

should

court
be

and

de

novo

concludes

that

overruled

and

the

magistrate judge’s recommendation adopted.
An appropriate judgment will be entered.
DONE, this the 30th day of August, 2024.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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