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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

EDWARD J. TERRY, SR., et al., 

Plaintiffs,

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RUSSELL COUNTY BOARD OF 

EDUCATION, et al., 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 3:14-CV-953-WKW

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ORDER

On September 28, 2015, the Magistrate Judge filed a Recommendation 

(Doc. # 92), and on November 2, 2015, the Magistrate Judge filed a Supplemental 

Recommendation in response to the objection filed by Defendants Heath Taylor 

and Bob Atkin (incorrectly designated in the governing complaint as “Adkins”). 

On November 16, 2015, Plaintiffs filed an Objection to the Magistrate Judge’s 

Recommendation and Supplemental Recommendation. (Doc. # 98.) The court has 

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

Recommendations to which Plaintiffs object. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). Plaintiffs

present no arguments that cure the deficiencies of fact and law that the Magistrate 

Judge elaborated upon in the Recommendation, as later supplemented. 

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Accordingly, it is ORDERED as follows:

1. Plaintiffs’ Objection (Doc. # 98) is OVERRULED. 

2. The Recommendation (Doc. # 92) and the Supplemental 

Recommendation (Doc. # 97) are ADOPTED.

3. Defendants’ Objection (Doc. # 96) is moot.

4. Defendant Ken Davis’s Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint 

(Doc. # 60) is GRANTED and all claims against Ken Davis are DISMISSED;

5. Defendant Russell County Department of Human Resources’ Motion 

to Dismiss Amended Complaint (Doc. # 63) is GRANTED and all claims against 

Russell County Department of Human Resources are DISMISSED;

6. Defendant Lizzie Thomas’s Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint 

(Doc. # 66) is GRANTED and all claims against Lizzie Thomas are DISMISSED;

7. The Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint (Doc. # 68), 

filed by Defendants Heath Taylor and Bob Atkin, is GRANTED and all claims 

against Defendants Heath Taylor and Bob Atkin are DISMISSED.

8. The Amended Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 90) is DENIED as to the 

claims under Count One (excessive force/corporal punishment), Count Five 

(failure to protect), and Count Twelve (denial of procedural due process) against 

Defendant Russell County Board of Education and against Defendants Keith 

Mitchell, Kenneth Barnes, Jerry Wayne Carpenter, Dillie Elliot, Larry Laney, 

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Eugenia Upshaw, Joseph Williams, Tommy Pugh, Shawn Taylor, and Mike Green

in their individual capacities (Doc. # 90).

9. Defendant Shawn Taylor’s Amended Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 90)

Counts Two and Three (Assault and Battery) is DENIED.

10. The Amended Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 90) is otherwise 

GRANTED as to the claims against Defendant Russell County Board of Education 

and the remaining individual-capacity claims against Defendants Keith Mitchell, 

Kenneth Barnes, Jerry Wayne Carpenter, Dillie Elliot, Larry Laney, Eugenia 

Upshaw, Joseph Williams, Tommy Pugh, Charles Johnson, Shawn Taylor, Mike 

Green, Vantreise Davis, Barry Kirby, Vivian Relf, Ricky Martin, and Jacqueline 

Grant.

11. The Amended Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 90) the official-capacity 

claims against Defendants Keith Mitchell, Kenneth Barnes, Jerry Wayne 

Carpenter, Dillie Elliot, Larry Laney, Eugenia Upshaw, Joseph Williams, Tommy 

Pugh, Shawn Taylor, and Mike Green is GRANTED.

12. Plaintiffs Edward J. Terry, Sr., and Dymphia M. Terry are 

DISMISSED as Plaintiffs in this action. 

13. Defendants Ken Davis, Russell County Department of Human 

Resources, Lizzie Thomas, Vivian Relf, Ricky Martin, Jacqueline Grant, Heath 

Taylor, and Bob Atkin are DISMISSED as Defendants in this action. 

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14. Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 70) is DENIED as moot. 

15. This action is REFERRED back to the Magistrate Judge on Plaintiff 

Edward J. Terry, Jr.’s remaining claims against the Russell County Board of 

Education and the remaining individual-capacity claims against the Russell County 

Board members (i.e., Keith Mitchell, Kenneth Barnes, Jerry Wayne Carpenter, 

Dillie Elliott, Larry Laney, Eugenia Upshaw, Joseph Williams, Tommy Pugh, and 

Charles Johnson), Shawn Taylor, Mike Green, Vantreise Davis, and Barry Kirby.

DONE this 9th day of December, 2015. 

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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