Arnold v. Allstate Insurance Company

Filing 18

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The Magistrate Judge has issued a Report and Recommendation 13 . The plaintiff's Written Objections 14 and Specific Objections 15 to the R&R are OVERRULED; the R&R 13 is ACCEPTED; and defenda nt Allstate Insurance Company's Motion for Summary Judgment 6 is GRANTED based on the plaintiff's failure to state a claim for which relief may be granted under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. This is the final Order in this case, for purposes of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58. Signed by District Judge Aleta A. Trauger on 3/12/2025. (xc:Pro se party by regular mail. ) (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(kc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
EDWARD RONNY ARNOLD,
Plaintiff,

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ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.

Case No. 3:24-cv-00720
Judge Aleta A. Trauger

ORDER
The Magistrate Judge has issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. No. 13),
recommending that defendant Allstate Insurance Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment be
granted under Rule 56(f), on grounds not raised in Allstate’s motion: that the plaintiff’s claims
against Allstate under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are necessarily without merit because the Complaint fails
to adequately allege that Allstate is a state actor for purposes of § 1983.
For the reasons explained in the accompanying Memorandum, the plaintiff’s Written
Objections (Doc. No. 14) and Specific Objections (Doc. No. 15) (collectively, “Objections”) to
the R&R are OVERRULED; the R&R is ACCEPTED; and defendant Allstate Insurance
Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 6) is GRANTED based on the plaintiff’s
failure to state a claim for which relief may be granted under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case is
DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
This is the final Order in this case, for purposes of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58.
It is so ORDERED.

ALETA A. TRAUGER
United States District Judge