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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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

JAMES E. SLAUGHTER, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) 3:07-CV-366-MHT

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RONALD W. HILYER, et al., )

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Defendants. )

ORDER

There being no objections filed to the Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge

entered herein on August 2, 2007 (Doc. #15), and upon an independent and de novo

review of the file in this case, said Recommendation is hereby adopted, and it is the

ORDER of this court that

1. The motion for summary judgment filed by Dr. Ronald W. Hilyer (Doc. #8)

 is GRANTED;

2. The plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims against Dr. Ronald W. Hilyer are

DISMISSED with prejudice;

3. To the extent the plaintiff seeks to proceed against Dr. Hilyer under state law,

any such state law claims are DISMISSED without prejudice;

4. The motion for summary judgment filed by Jay Jones, Cary Torbert, Corey

Welch, Dr. John McFarland and Linda Stewart (Doc. #12) is GRANTED to the extent

that these defendants seek dismissal of this case for plaintiff’s failure to exhaust an

available administrative remedy;

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5. The plaintiff’s claims against Jay Jones, Cary Torbert, Corey Welch, Dr. John

McFarland and Linda Stewart are DISMISSED without prejudice in accordance with the

provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) for the plaintiff’s failure to exhaust an available

administrative remedy; and

6. This case is DISMISSED.

It is further ORDERED that the application to proceed without payment of fees

(Doc. #2) is granted.

DONE, this the 27th day of August, 2007.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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