Gibson vs. Kenneth

Filing 8

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS #7 . Plaintiff's complaint is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Signed by Judge Sarah S. Vance on 11/14/2023.(cs)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
CLARENCE OTIS GIBSON

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO. 23-5401

BRANDON KENNETH

SECTION “R” (5)

ORDER
Plaintiff Clarence Gibson, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis,
brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prosecutor Brandon
Kenneth in connection with Gibson’s alleged wrongful criminal prosecution
in Jefferson Parish. Gibson, an inmate at the Dixon Correctional Institute,
complains about his 2008 indictment for aggravated rape that resulted in a
jury conviction for sexual battery. He alleges that the illegal conviction
resulted in a diagnosis of schizophrenia and damage to his reputation, and
seeks $200,000,000 in compensatory damages.1
On October 30, 2023, Chief Magistrate Judge Michael B. North issued
a Report & Recommendation (“R&R”), recommending that the Court
dismiss Gibson’s complaint with prejudice as frivolous and for failure to state
a claim upon which relief can be granted.2 Chief Magistrate Judge North

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specifically found that Gibson failed to meet the prerequisites for monetary
relief established in Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), and that the
sole defendant in the case, Kenneth, is entitled to absolute immunity from
the lawsuit for his actions or omissions taken in initiating and pursuing
Gibson’s criminal prosecution.3

Gibson did not object to the R&R.

Therefore, the Court reviews the R&R for clear error. Douglass v. United
Servs. Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1430 (5th Cir. 1996); see also Fed. R. Civ. P.
72(b) advisory committee’s note (1983) (“When no timely objection is filed,
the court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the
record in order to accept the recommendation.”). The Court finds no clear
error.
Accordingly, the Court adopts Chief Magistrate Judge North’s R&R as
its opinion. Plaintiff’s complaint is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

New Orleans, Louisiana, this _____
14th day of November, 2023.
_____________________
SARAH S. VANCE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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