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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHEASTERN DIVISION

DEXTER LEON SPINKS,

 Plaintiff,

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JOHNNY W. BAILEY, et al.,

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Case No. 5:15-cv-01580-MHH-SGC

 

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The magistrate judge entered a report on June 24, 2016, in which she 

recommended that this action be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which 

relief can be granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). (Doc. 8). Although the 

magistrate judge advised the plaintiff, Dexter Leon Spinks, of his right to file 

specific written objections within fourteen (14) days, the Court has received no 

objections to the magistrate judge’s report.

A district court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or part, the findings 

or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). A 

district court reviews legal conclusions in a report de novo and reviews for plain 

error factual findings to which no objection is made. Garvey v. Vaughn, 993 F.2d 

FILED

 2016 Aug-31 PM 04:23

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir. 1993); see also LoConte v. Dugger, 847 F.2d 745, 749 

(11th Cir. 1988); Macort v. Prem, Inc., 208 Fed. Appx. 781, 784 (11th Cir. 2006).

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Having carefully reviewed and considered the complaint and the magistrate 

judge’s report, the Court finds no misstatements of law in the report and no plain 

error in the magistrate judge’s description of Mr. Spinks’s factual allegations. 

Therefore, the Court adopts the magistrate judge’s recommendation. In 

accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b), the Court will dismiss this action without 

prejudice for failing to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

A separate order of final judgment will be entered.

DONE and ORDERED this August 31, 2016.

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 MADELINE HUGHES HAIKALA

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

1 When a party objects to a report in which a magistrate judge recommends dismissal of the 

action, a district court must “make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or 

specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” 28 U.S.C. §§ 

636(b)(1)(B)-(C). 

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