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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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FORTHE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

RAYMOND D. HASTINGS, #135351, ) 

 ) 

 Plaintiff, ) 

 ) 

vs. ) CASE NO. 2:13-cv-418-WHA 

 ) 

KIM TOBIAS THOMAS, et al., ) 

 ) 

 Defendants. ) 

ORDER

 No timely objection having been filed to the Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge 

(Doc. #89), entered on July 26, 2016, and after a review of the file, the court ADOPTS the 

Recommendation, and it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 

 1. The Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED with respect to 

the Plaintiff’s claims for monetary damages lodged against them in their official 

capacities and these claims are DISMISSED with prejudice as the Defendants are entitled 

to absolute immunity from such relief. 

 2. The Defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED to the extent the Defendants 

seek dismissal of the Plaintiff’s claims regarding his religious practices at Easterling 

Correctional Facility due to the Plaintiff’s failure to properly exhaust an administrative 

remedy previously available to him at this facility prior to initiating this cause of action. 

 3. The above referenced claims are DISMISSED with prejudice in accordance 

with the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) for the Plaintiff’s failure to properly exhaust 

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an administrative remedy previously available to him at Easterling prior to the filing of 

this case. 

 4. The Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED with respect to 

the Plaintiff’s due process, retaliation and false information claims attacking the behavior 

citation, and these claims are DISMISSED with prejudice. 

 5. Kim Thomas, Gwendolyn Mosley, Kenneth Sconyers, Nathaniel Lawson and 

Anthony Askew are DISMISSED as parties. 

 6. The motion for summary judgment filed on behalf of Kenneth Drake is 

DENIED with respect to the Plaintiff’s claim of excessive force lodged against him in his 

individual capacity. 

 7. All claims against Kenneth Drake, with the exception of the excessive force 

claim lodged against this Defendant in his individual capacity, are DISMISSED with 

prejudice. 

 8. No jury trial having been demanded, this case is referred back to the Magistrate 

Judge, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), for an evidentiary hearing on the Plaintiff’s 

surviving claim of excessive force lodged against Kenneth Drake in his individual 

capacity, to be followed by a Report and Recommendation. 

 DONE this 17th day of August, 2016. 

 /s/ W. Harold Albritton 

 W. HAROLD ALBRITTON 

 SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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