THOMPSON v. MCLAUGHLIN et al

Filing 13

ORDER ADOPTING 7 Report and Recommendations. Thompson's Fourteenth Amendment due process claim is DISMISSED without prejudice, and Thompson's Eighth Amendment failure to protect claim will proceed for further factual development. Ordered by US DISTRICT JUDGE MARC THOMAS TREADWELL on 1/5/2018. (tlh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION
AQUANUS DONTEL THOMPSON,
Plaintiff,
v.
Warden GREGORY MCLAUGHLIN, et
al.,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:17-CV-230 (MTT)

ORDER
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) and § 1915(e), Magistrate Judge Thomas Q.
Langstaff conducted a screening of Plaintiff Aquanus Dontel Thompson’s complaint.
Doc. 7. The Magistrate Judge recommends that Thompson’s Fourteenth Amendment
due process claim be dismissed and that Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment failure to protect
claim should proceed for further factual development. Id. at 8, 10. Thompson did not
object to the Recommendation. The Court has reviewed the Recommendation, and the
Court accepts and adopts the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the
Magistrate Judge. The Recommendation is ADOPTED and made the order of this
Court. Accordingly, Thompson’s Fourteenth Amendment due process claim is
DISMISSED without prejudice, and Thompson’s Eighth Amendment failure to protect
claim will proceed for further factual development.
SO ORDERED, this the 5th day of January, 2018.

S/ Marc T. Treadwell
MARC T. TREADWELL, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT