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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

CARLOS CAREY, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:15cv193-MHT

) (WO)

CAPTAIN LOGAN and 

COMMISSIONER OF ADOC,

)

)

)

 Defendants. )

OPINION

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff Carlos 

Carey, a state prisoner, brings suit against two 

defendant: Correctional Officer Captain Logan and 

former Acting Commissioner of the Alabama Department of 

Corrections Billy Sharp.Carey complains that he was

assaulted by a group of other prisoners due to the 

deliberate indifference of the defendants and that he 

was denied medical care after the assault. This cause 

is now before the court on the recommendation of the 

 



Carey does not know the name of the commissioner 

whom he contacted and simply referred to him by his 

title in the complaint. The magistrate judge assumed 

that the commissioner implicated in Carey’s complaint 

was former Acting Commissioner Sharp.

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magistrate judge that the claims against Sharp be 

dismissed prior to service of process under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) & (ii) for failure to state a claim. 

There are no objections to the recommendation. After 

an independent and de novo review of the record, the 

court is of the opinion that the recommendation should 

be adopted and Sharp dismissed, albeit without 

prejudice.

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 27th day of July, 2015.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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