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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 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

DONALD EUGENE GARDNER, III, )

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Plaintiff, )

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vs. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-0281-CG-C

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COUNTY OF BALDWIN, et al., )

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Defendants. )

ORDER

After due and proper consideration of all portions of this file deemed relevant 

to he issues raised, and a de novo determination of those portions of the Report and 

Recommendation to which objection is made, the Report and Recommendation of 

the Magistrate Judge made under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) is ADOPTED as the 

opinion of this Court. It is therefore ORDERED that defendants’ motion for 

summary judgment (Docs. 32, 34, 35, 39, 40, 48) be GRANTED, in part, and 

DENIED, in part, to the extent that plaintiff’s claims for compensatory and 

punitive damages be DISMISSED without prejudice pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 

1997e(e), the claim for injunctive relief be dismissed as MOOT, and the claims 

against defendant Baldwin County be DISMISSED with prejudice as frivolous, and 

that defendants’ affirmative defense of failure to exhaust administrative remedies 

be DENIED. It is further ORDERED that this action proceed with respect to 

plaintiff’s claims for nominal damages.

DONE and ORDERED this 15th day of January, 2014.

/s/ Callie V. S. Granade 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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