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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. )

OPINION

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff William

Geoffery Dobbins, a former state inmate, filed this

lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of actions

taken against him by defendants Michael Smith, Robert

Bryant, and J. C. Giles. 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 all respects, except as to

Dobbins’s excessive-force claim against Smith and Bryant

in their individual capacities, which, according to the

magistrate judge, should go to trial. There are no

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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.

An appropriate order will be entered.

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

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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