Lane v. Fraley et al

Filing 55

ORDER ADOPTING 52 Report and Recommendation; GRANTING IN PART and DENYING IN PART Defendants' 45 Motion for Summary Judgment; GRANTING Plaintiff's 50 Motion to Appoint Counsel. Signed by Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr on 7/13/2017. (btql)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
RODNEY MANYON LANE,
Plaintiff,
v.

CIVIL ACTION FILE
NO. 1:15-CV-3298-TWT

SGT. A. FRALEY, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER

This is a pro se prisoner civil rights action. It is before the Court on the Report
and Recommendation [Doc. 52] recommending granting in part and denying in part
the Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 45]. The Magistrate Judge
correctly applied relevant Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit caselaw regarding the
Plaintiff’s excessive force claim. The Court approves and adopts the Report and
Recommendation as the judgment of the Court. The Defendants’ Motion for Summary
Judgment [Doc. 45] is GRANTED with respect to the Plaintiff’s medical indifference
claim and DENIED with respect to his excessive force claim.

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SO ORDERED, this 13 day of July, 2017.

/s/Thomas W. Thrash
THOMAS W. THRASH, JR.
United States District Judge

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