Blanton v. Howard et al

Filing 6

ORDER APPROVING AND ADOPTING 4 Report and Recommendations. Plaintiffsexcessive force claim may proceed. The deliberate indifference claim is dismissed. Signed by Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr. on 12/6/2016. (jkl)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
CHARLES EDWARD BLANTON,
JR.,
Plaintiff,
v.

CIVIL ACTION FILE
NO. 1:16-CV-3406-TWT

TONY HOWARD, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER

This is a pro se civil rights action. It is before the Court on the Report and
Recommendation [Doc. 4] of the Magistrate Judge recommending allowing the case
to proceed on the Plaintiff’s excessive force claim and dismissing the Plaintiff’s
deliberate indifference to providing medical care claim. The Court approves and
adopts the Report and Recommendation as the judgment of the Court. The Plaintiff’s
excessive force claim may proceed. The deliberate indifference claim is dismissed.
SO ORDERED, this 6 day of December, 2016.

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