Walker-Mahdi v. Dixon et al

Filing 55

ORDER ADOPTING 53 the proposed findings and recommended disposition; denying 34 Plaintiff Byron Abdul Walker-Mahdi's motion for partial summary judgment; granting 47 Defendants' motion for summary judgment; dismissing with prejudice all claims against defendants Shannon Dahlem and Doug Dixon; and dismissing without prejudice all claims against defendants John Maples and Ray Hobbs. Signed by Chief Judge Brian S. Miller on 12/17/2012. (kdr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
NORTHERN DIVISION
BYRON ABDUL WALKER-MAHDI
ADC #149318
v.

PLAINTIFF

CASE NO. 1:11CV00115 BSM/JTK

DOUG DIXON, Program Supervisor, Grimes Unit
Arkansas Department of Correction et al.

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
The proposed findings and recommended disposition submitted by United States
Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney [Doc. No. 53] and the filed objections [Doc. No. 54]
have been reviewed. After carefully considering these documents and making a de novo
review of the record, it is concluded that the proposed findings and recommended disposition
should be, and hereby are, approved and adopted in their entirety in all respects.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that:
1.

Plaintiff Byron Abdul Walker-Mahdi’s motion for partial summary judgment

[Doc. No. 34] is denied.
2.

Defendants’ motion for summary judgment [Doc. No. 47] is granted.

3.

All claims against defendants Shannon Dahlem and Doug Dixon are dismissed

with prejudice.
4.

All claims against defendants John Maples and Ray Hobbs are dismissed

without prejudice.
An appropriate judgment shall accompany this order.

Dated this 17th day of December 2012.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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