Young v. Owens et al

Filing 58

ORDER denying 53 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. Signed by Judge B. Avant Edenfield on 1/30/2014. (loh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
STATESBORO DIVISION
DAMON YOUNG,
Plaintiff,
CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV613-032

V.

BRIAN OWENS, Commissioner;
ARNOLD SMITH, Director; Chaplain
Director DANNY HORNE; BRUCE
CHATMAN, Warden; VALIANT
LYTE, Chaplain; Deputy Warden JOHN
PAUL; RANDY TILLMAN, Facilities
Operation Director; JOHNNY SIKES,
Deputy Director; JACK KOON,
Administration Support Services;
TOM McELHENNEY, Offender
Administration Manager; JACKIE
L. KELSEY, Assistant Manager; and
SUZANNE YORK, Center
Referral Coordinator,

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ORDER
Plaintiff, an inmate currently incarcerated at Valdosta State Prison in Valdosta,
Georgia, has moved this Court to issue a Preliminary Injunction in his civil complaint brought
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action contesting certain conditions of his
confinement while hewas incarcerated at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia. Plaintiff
is requesting that the Court issue an order compelling officials at Valdosta State Prison to
allow him to keep his religious items that were transferred with him in the Chaplain's office
or some other secure location inside the prison. Defendants have filed a response. Officials
at Valdosta State Prison are not parties to this case; therefore, the Court lacks the authority
to grant Plaintiff the relief he seeks. If Plaintiff believes his constitutionally protected rights
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are being violated at Valdosta State Prison, he may file a complaint in the United States
District Court for the Middle District of Georgia after exhausting his administrative remedies.
Plaintiffs Motion for issuance of a Preliminary Injunction is hereby DENIED.
SO ORDERED, this 3Li day of

, 2014.

B. AVANT EDENF1ELD, J/DGE /
UNITED STATES DISTRiCT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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(Rev. 8/82)