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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

RHONDA WARD, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:14cv675-MHT

) (WO)

STEPHANIE DANIELS SMOKE, 

individually and as a 

member of the Elmore 

County Commission, 

et al.,

)

)

)

)

)

)

 Defendants. )

OPINION

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff Rhonda 

Ward, a former employee of the Elmore County 

Commission, naming as defendants the commission and its 

members and asserting violations of her federal rights 

to equal protection and substantive and procedural due 

process in the handling of her termination appeal. She 

also brings a state claim for failure to train and 

supervise against the commission. This lawsuit is now 

before the court on the recommendation of the United 

States Magistrate Judge that defendants’ motion to 

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dismiss be granted and Ward’s case be dismissed. Also 

before the court are Ward’s objections to the 

recommendation. After an independent and de novo 

review of the record, the court concludes that Ward’s 

objections should be overruled and the magistrate 

judge’s recommendation adopted.

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 28th day of December, 2015.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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