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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
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

JAMES AMAR WOODS, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 1:16cv761-MHT

) (WO)

MARK JOHNSON, )

)

 Defendant. )

OPINION

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, an inmate, 

filed this lawsuit seeking injunctive and declaratory 

relief to stop the defendant--who currently serves as 

the district attorney of Houston County but represented 

plaintiff prior to becoming a prosecutor--from 

prosecuting plaintiff. This lawsuit is now before the 

court on the recommendation of the United States 

Magistrate Judge that plaintiff’s claims against the 

defendant district attorney be dismissed with prejudice

on the basis of absolute prosecutorial immunity, that 

plaintiffs’ claims for declaratory and injunctive 

relief be dismissed without prejudice, and that his 

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motion for preliminary injunction be denied. There are 

no objections to the recommendation. After an 

independent and de novo review of the record, the court 

concludes that the magistrate judge’s recommendation 

should be adopted, except that all claims will be 

dismissed without prejudice.

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 4th day of November, 2016.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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