Stinson v. Tyus et al

Filing 66

ORDER ADOPTING 60 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re: MOTION for Summary Judgment. Signed by Senior Judge Charles R. Butler, Jr on 12/15/2014. copy mailed. (sdb)

IN
 THE
 UNITED
 STATES
 DISTRICT
 COURT
 FOR
 THE

SOUTHERN
 DISTRICT
 OF
 ALABAMA

SOUTHERN
 DIVISION

REGINALD
 STINSON,

)

AIS
 #
 B1204652,

)

)

Plaintiff,

)

CIVIL
 ACTION
 NO.

)

12-­‐00270-­‐CB-­‐B

v.

)

)

KENNETH
 TYUS,
 et
 al.,

)

)

Defendants,

)

 ORDER

The
 Magistrate
 Judge
 has
 entered
 a
 Report
 and
 Recommendation

recommending
 that
 summary
 judgment
 be
 granted
 in
 favor
 of
 the
 Defendants
 on

Plaintiff’s
 Federal
 law
 claims
 and
 that
 Plaintiff’s
 state
 law
 claims
 be
 dismissed

without
 prejudice
 on
 jurisdictional
 grounds.

 (Doc.
 60.)

 Having
 carefully
 reviewed

the
 Report
 and
 Recommendation
 and
 Plaintiff’s
 objection
 thereto
 (Doc.
 64)
 under

the
 standards
 set
 forth
 in
 28
 U.S.C.
 §
 636(b)
 the
 Court
 hereby
 OVERRULES
 Plaintiff’s

substantive
 objections1
 and
 ADOPTS
 the
 Report
 and
 Recommendation
 as
 its
 own.

DONE
 and
 ORDERED
 this
 the
 15th
 day
 of
 December,
 2014.

s/Charles
 R.
 Butler,
 Jr.

Senior
 United
 States
 District
 Judge

1
 In
 his
 objection,
 Plaintiff
 points
 to
 some
 minor
 factual
 errors
 in
 the
 Report

and
 Recommendation.

 On
 page
 10,
 the
 statement
 “Officer
 Tyus
 went
 to
 Housing

Unit
 B.
 .
 .”
 should
 read
 “Officer
 Capps
 went
 to
 Housing
 Unit
 B…”

 On
 page
 11,
 the

time
 of
 the
 medical
 assessment
 should
 be
 “2:10
 p.m.”
 not
 “2:10
 a.m.”

 Also
 on
 page

11,
 Plaintiff
 objects
 to
 the
 statement
 that
 he
 “was
 escorted
 from
 the
 dorm
 to
 the

hospital
 holding
 cell
 by
 Officer
 Tyus.”

 According
 to
 Plaintiff’s
 objection,
 Defendant

Johnson
 escorted
 him
 to
 the
 holding
 cell.

 In
 his
 response
 to
 summary
 judgment,

Defendant
 lists
 a
 number
 of
 officer
 who
 escorted
 him
 to
 the
 holding
 cell,
 including

Tyus,
 “Sgt.
 Johnson”,
 and
 CO1
 Johnson,
 among
 others.

 (Pl.’s
 Rsp.
 2,
 Doc.
 52.)