Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-almd-1_14-cv-00724/USCOURTS-almd-1_14-cv-00724-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

---

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE 

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION

RALPH WILSON LINGO, )

)

Petitioner, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 1:14cv724-MHT

) (WO) 

GREGORY J. BENTON-DOTHAN )

POLICE CHIEF, )

)

Respondent. )

OPINION

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1361, petitioner, a state

inmate, seeks a writ of mandamus. This lawsuit is now

before the court on the recommendation of the United

States Magistrate Judge that the petition for writ of

mandamus be denied. Also before the court is the

petitioner’s motion to dismiss, in which petitioner

agrees that this court is without authority to issue the

writ. After an independent and de novo review of the

record, the court concludes that the magistrate judge’s

Case 1:14-cv-00724-MHT-CSC Document 6 Filed 08/29/14 Page 1 of 2
recommendation should be adopted and petitioner’s

dismissal motion granted.

An appropriate judgment will be entered. 

DONE, this the 29th day of August, 2014.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 1:14-cv-00724-MHT-CSC Document 6 Filed 08/29/14 Page 2 of 2