WRIGHT v. CHATMAN et al

Filing 95

ORDER adopting 94 Report and Recommendations and denying 67 Motion for Joinder. Ordered by US DISTRICT JUDGE TILMAN E SELF, III on 04/05/2019. (chc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION
TAMARKUS LAKEITH WRIGHT,
Plaintiff,

CIVIL ACTION NO.
5:16-cv-00490-TES-MSH

v.
Warden BRUCE CHATMAN, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
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Presently pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Joinder [Doc. 67]. The
United States Magistrate Judge construes Plaintiff’s motion as one for class certification
and recommends denying it because a pro se prisoner-plaintiff may not bring a class
action lawsuit on behalf of other prisoners. [Doc. 94, pp. 2–3]; see also Smith v. Hill, No.
5:16-cv-00333-MTT-CHW, 2016 WL 4414788 (M.D. Ga. Aug. 18, 2016). The parties filed
no timely objections to the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation.
Having thoroughly reviewed the matter, the Court ADOPTS the Magistrate
Judge’s Report and Recommendation [Doc. 94] and MAKES IT THE ORDER OF THE
COURT. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion for Joinder [Doc. 67] is DENIED.
SO ORDERED, this 5th day of April, 2019.
s/ Tilman E. Self, III
TILMAN E. SELF, III, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT