Dudley v. Tuscaloosa Co Jail

Filing 39

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 36 Report and Recommendation, Denying Motion for Summary Judgment as construed from the special report. Signed by Judge L Scott Coogler on 10/7/2014. (KAM, )

FILED
2014 Oct-07 AM 11:25
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
N.D. OF ALABAMA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
WESTERN DIVISION
JOSHUA RESHI DUDLEY,
Plaintiff;
vs.
OFFICER GANDY, et al.,
Defendants.

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7:11-cv-4170-LSC

ORDER

This is an action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff, Joshua Reshi
Dudley, alleging he has been deprived of rights, privileges, or immunities afforded him
under the Constitution or laws of the United States of America during his
incarceration in the Tuscaloosa County Jail, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Plaintiff seeks
compensatory damages for alleged excessive force occurring on July 13, 2011. The
Court has before it the Special Report, construed as a Motion for Summary Judgment,
filed by the remaining defendants in this case, Percy Sample, Lance Channell, Robert
Little, Dennis Williamson, and Alan Gandy (hereinafter, “Defendants”). (Doc. 24.)
The Magistrate Judge filed a report and recommendation on August 4, 2014,

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recommending that this Court deny Defendants’ motion for summary judgment.
(Doc. 36.) The parties were allowed fourteen days to file written objections to the
Magistrate Judge’s report and recommendation. No objections were filed. This
action was reassigned to the undersigned judge on October 1, 2014.
Having carefully reviewed and considered de novo all the materials in the court
file, including the report and recommendation, the Court is of the opinion that the
Magistrate Judge’s report is due to be and is hereby ADOPTED and the Magistrate
Judge’s recommendation is ACCEPTED. Defendants’ special report, construed as
a motion for summary judgment, (doc. 24) is therefore DENIED.
Done this 7th day of October 2014.

L. Scott Coogler
United States District Judge
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