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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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OPINION

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

state inmate, filed this lawsuit complaining that the 

Dothan City Police Officers who arrested him in 2011 

used excessive force in doing so. This lawsuit is now 

before the court on the recommendation of the United 

States Magistrate Judge that the defendants’ motions

for summary judgment should be granted in their favor 

because the plaintiff’s claims are barred by the 

applicable statute of limitations and he is not 

entitled to equitable tolling. 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.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION

FRED JOHNSON, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 1:13cv672-MHT

) (WO)

GREG BENTON, et al., )

)

 Defendants. )

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An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 30th day of December, 2015.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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