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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

CLEVELAND BERRY,

Plaintiff,

v.

OFFICER JONES, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:16-CV-591-WKW

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ORDER

On December 7, 2016, the Magistrate Judge filed a Recommendation to which 

no timely objections have been filed. (Doc. # 35.) Upon an independent review of 

the record and upon consideration of the Recommendation, it is ORDERED that the 

Recommendation is ADOPTED, Defendants’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED, and

Plaintiff’s complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice1 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 

1997e(a). A final judgment will be entered separately. 

DONE this 5th day of January, 2017.

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

																																																												 1 A dismissal with prejudice is appropriate here because the Plaintiff’s failure to exhaust 

his administrative remedies under § 1997e(a) is a deficiency that cannot be cured. See Johnson v. 

Meadows, 418 F.3d 1152 (11th Cir. 2005) (holding that a prisoner cannot exhaust his 

administrative remedies by filing an untimely grievance and that failure to satisfy the PLRA’s 

exhaustion requirement results in procedural default). 

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