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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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

WILLIAM GEOFFERY DOBBINS, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:09cv174-MHT

) (WO)

MICHAEL SMITH, et al., )

)

Defendants. )

JUDGMENT

In accordance with the memorandum opinion entered

this date, it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the

court as follows:

(1) The United States Magistrate Judge’s

recommendation (doc. no. 87) is adopted.

(2) Defendants Michael Smith, Robert Bryant, and J.

C. Giles’s motions for summary judgment (doc.

nos. 31 & 85) are granted except as to plaintiff

Dobbins’s excessive-force claim against

defendants Smith and Bryant in their individual

capacities.

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(3) Judgment is entered in favor of defendants

Smith, Bryant, and Giles and against plaintiff

Dobbins, except as to plaintiff Dobbins’s

excessive-force claim against defendants Smith

and Bryant in their individual capacities, with

plaintiff Dobbins taking nothing by his

complaint except as to his excessive-force claim

against defendants Smith and Bryant in their

individual capacities.

(4) Plaintiff Dobbins’s excessive-force claim

against defendants Smith and Bryant in their

individual capacities shall go to trial.

This case is terminated as to defendant J.C. Giles.

DONE, this the 20th day of June, 2011.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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