Seay v. Hodge et al

Filing 41

ORDER ADOPTING & ACCEPTING 40 Report and Recommendation and DENYING 29 Motion for Summary Judgment; dfts ordered to file answer within 20 days from entry of this order. Signed by Judge C Lynwood Smith, Jr on 9/30/14. (SHB, ) cm pla. Modified on 9/30/2014 (SHB, ).

FILED
2014 Sep-30 PM 05:08
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
N.D. OF ALABAMA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
MIDDLE DIVISION
CORTEZ LEON SEAY,
Plaintiff,
v.
SGT. BRUCE HODGE, et. al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER

The magistrate judge entered a report and recommendation on July 11, 2014,
recommending that the motion for summary judgment filed by defendants, Sergeants
Bruce Hodge and Reginald Cook and Correctional Officers Chad Cleveland, Kenneth
Hawkins, and Andres Marcano, be denied. (Doc. no. 40). The parties were allowed
fourteen (14) days to file written objections to the magistrate judge’s report and
recommendation. No objections have been filed.
Having carefully reviewed and considered de novo all the materials in the court
file, the court is of the opinion the magistrate judge’s report is due to be, and it hereby
is, ADOPTED, and the recommendation is ACCEPTED. Accordingly, defendants’
motion for summary judgment (Doc. no. 29) is DENIED.
Defendants are ORDERED to file an answer to the claims against them within
twenty (20) days of the entry date of this order.

DONE and ORDERED this 30th day of September, 2014.

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United States District Judge