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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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

JACOB C. SPRINGER, 

Plaintiff,

v.

STEVE PERRYMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 3:15-CV-633-WKW

ORDER

On February 25, 2016, the Magistrate Judge filed a Recommendation (Doc. 

# 15) to which Plaintiff timely filed an objection (Doc. # 17). The court has 

conducted an independent and de novo review of those portions of the 

Recommendation to which objection is made, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), and finds that 

the objection is without merit. 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED as follows:

(1) Plaintiff’s objection (Doc. # 17) is OVERRULED;

(2) The Recommendation (Doc. # 15) is ADOPTED to the extent that it 

recommends dismissal of this action for lack of subject-matter 

jurisdiction based upon the Rooker-Feldman doctrine;

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Recommendation’s alternative grounds for dismissal. See Casale v. Tillman, 558 F.3d 1258, 1259 

n.1 (11th Cir. 2009).

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(3) Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 9) is GRANTED;

(4) This case is DISMISSED without prejudice for lack of subject-matter 

jurisdiction.

It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel (Doc. # 16) is 

DENIED.

A separate final judgment will be entered.

DONE this 5th day of April, 2016. 

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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