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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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

JIMMY LEE WATKINS, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:16cv823-MHT

) (WO)

JUDGE GREG GRIFFIN, 

et al.,

)

) 

)

 Defendants. )

 

OPINION

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, a state 

prisoner, filed this lawsuit complaining that his 

constitutional rights were violated when Judicial

Inquiry Commission officials refused to refer his 

claims against a judge to the Court of the Judiciary 

for action; when employees of the Alabama State Bar 

Association refused to take formal action against two 

attorneys against whom he had submitted bar complaints; 

and by the actions of Judge Greg Griffin in a civil 

case filed against these employees of the Alabama State 

Bar Association. This lawsuit is now before the court 

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on the recommendation of the United States Magistrate 

Judge that plaintiff’s case be dismissed. 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. 

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 12th day of December, 2016.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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