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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 

DAVID A. CAWTHON, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:15cv429-MHT 

) (WO) 

MELISSA HEMINGWAY, et al., 

sued in their 

individual and official 

capacities, 

)

) 

) 

) 

)

 Defendants. )

OPINION AND ORDER 

The plaintiff, a federal prisoner, filed this case 

under the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. 

§§ 551-559, and Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics 

Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), challenging the adequacy 

of the Montgomery Federal Prison Camp’s law library, 

and specifically the decision of defendant Melissa 

Hemingway to discard the American Jurisprudence 

treatise series and to take away certain electronic 

typewriters with memory and replace them with simple 

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manual ones. This case is before the court on the 

recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge 

that the motion--incorporated in plaintiff’s 

complaint--for preliminary injunction and/or protective 

order be denied. Also before the court are plaintiff’s 

objections to the recommendation. Upon an independent 

and de novo review of the record, it is ORDERED as 

follows: 

 (1) Plaintiff’s objections (doc. no. 69) are 

overruled. 

(2) The recommendation of the United States 

Magistrate Judge (doc. no. 31) is adopted. 

 (3) The motion for preliminary injunction and/or 

protective order (doc. no. 1) is denied. 

 It is further ORDERED that this case is referred 

back to the magistrate judge for further proceedings. 

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

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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