WILLIAMS v. CHARLES

Filing 18

ORDER ADOPTING 17 Report and Recommendations and GRANTING 14 Motion for Summary Judgment. Ordered by US DISTRICT JUDGE MARC THOMAS TREADWELL on 12/22/2016. (tlh)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA MACON DIVISION TRIO ROCCO WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. MARK CHARLES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:15-CV-319 (MTT-MSH) ORDER United States Magistrate Judge Stephen Hyles recommends granting Defendant Charles’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. 14) against the Plaintiff on his excessive force claim under Eight Amendment. Doc. 17. The Magistrate Judge recommends granting the motion because it undisputed that the Plaintiff’s injury was the result of Charles’s unmalicious and unintentional contact with the Plaintiff during Charles’s attempt to break up a fight between two other inmates. Id. at 4-5. The Plaintiff has not filed an objection to the Recommendation, and the time for doing so has expired. The Court has carefully reviewed the Magistrate Judge’s Recommendation (Doc. 17) and, agreeing with it, ADOPTS it as the order of the Court. The Defendant’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. 14) is GRANTED. SO ORDERED, this 22nd day of December, 2016. S/ Marc T. Treadwell MARC T. TREADWELL, JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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