Bradford v. Oak Grove et al

Filing 13

MEMORANDUM RULING re 8 Amended Complaint filed by Raynard L Bradford. Signed by Judge Robert G James on 5/9/16. (crt,DickersonSld, D)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
MONROE DIVISION

RAYNARD L. BRADFORD

CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-00131

VERSUS

SECTION P
JUDGE ROBERT G. JAMES

OAK GROVE, ET AL.

MAGISTRATE JUDGE HAYES

MEMORANDUM RULING
Pro se plaintiff Raynard L. Bradford, proceeding in forma pauperis, filed the instant civil
rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on January 27, 2016. When he filed his Complaint,
Plaintiff was confined at the Morehouse Parish Detention Center serving a three (3) year sentence.
He claims that he was the victim of excessive force on the part of the officer who arrested him on
June 21, 2015. His Original Complaint names as Defendants the Oak Grove Sheriff’s Department,
Sheriff Jerry Filly, and Officer Michael Boyet.
However, in his Amended Complaint, filed on March 30, 2016, Plaintiff states that his
“complaint against Oak Grove Sheriff Depart. which shall be dismissed the Oak Grove Sheriff Dept.
as the Defendant” and “instead the complaint addressed to ‘Officer Michael Boyet’ is the only
accused complaint.” [Doc. No. 8.] Further, he later states that the “name of the person is Office
Michael Boyet, Oak Grove Police Officer, and not the ‘Sheriff Jerry Fully.’” Id. The Court construes
these statements contained in his Amended Complaint as a motion to dismiss these Defendants.
Accordingly, the Court will issue a Judgment of Dismissal dismissing Plaintiff’s claims
against the Oak Grove Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Jerry Filly.

MONROE, LOUISIANA, this 9th day of May, 2016.

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