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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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 

SILAS MARTIN, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:15cv839-MHT 

) (WO) 

DR. ALFRED NEWMAN JR. (MD, 

PH.D.), individual and 

official capacity, and 

JOHN PEASANT M.D., 

individual and official 

capacity, 

)

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

)

 Defendants. )

OPINION 

 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, a state 

prisoner, filed this lawsuit challenging the quality of 

certain medical care he has received in prison, 

contending that he was not warned of potential 

complications and that he has been left with permanent 

injuries. This lawsuit is now before the court on the 

recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge 

that plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis be denied and that this case be dismissed 

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without prejudice for plaintiff’s failure to pay the 

filing and administrative fees upon his initiation of 

this case. Also before the court are plaintiffs’ 

objections to the recommendation. After an independent 

and de novo review of the record, the court concludes 

that the objections should be overruled and the 

magistrate judge’s recommendation adopted.*

 

 An appropriate judgment will be entered. 

 DONE, this the 7th day of March, 2016. 

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson____ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

 * The court notes that the recommendation of the 

magistrate judge (doc. no. 9) contains typo on page 2: 

the case number for Martin v. Auburn Police Dept., et 

al. is 3:15-CV-307-MHT (M.D. Ala. 2015), not 3:15-CV302-MHT. This minor error has no impact on the 

outcome. 

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