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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, SOUTHERN DIVISION

OLIN GRIMSLEY, )

)

Plaintiff, )

)

 v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO.

) 1:04cv609-MHT

) [WO]

DOUGLAS A. VALESKA, )

et al., )

)

Defendants. )

OPINION

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Olin Grimsley, a

state inmate, sought to compel production of DNA evidence

for testing. The court granted the parties’ “Consent

Order for DNA Testing” on October 21, 2004 (Doc. No. 21),

as well as their “Amended Consent Order for DNA Testing”

on January 27, 2005 (Doc. No. 26). Pursuant to these

orders, Orchid Cellmark performed DNA testing on evidence

collected in connection with Grimley’s conviction for

first degree robbery. During this testing, Orchid

Cellmark extracted DNA from a cigarette butt found at the

scene of the robbery and compared this DNA to a sample

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provided by Grimsley. The results of the test

established that “[t]he primary DNA profile obtained from

[the cigarette butt] matches the DNA profile obtained

from the swab labeled Olin Grimsley.” February 28, 2005

Report of Laboratory Examination (Doc. No. 27). 

In light of the findings contained in the laboratory

report, the court entered an order on March 27, 2006

(Doc. No. 28), requiring “that any party show cause by

March 31, 2006, why this action should not now be

dismissed with prejudice.” No party has filed a response

to this order. Based on the foregoing, the court

concludes that this case is due to be dismissed with

prejudice.

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

Done this the 6th day of April, 2006.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

 

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