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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

TOM CARSTARPHEN, :

Plaintiff, :

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v. : CIVIL ACTION 15-00519-KD-C

:

MOBILE COUNTY SHERIFF, et al., :

Defendants. :

ORDER

After due and proper consideration of all portions of this file deemed relevant to the 

issues raised, and a de novo determination of those portions of the Report and Recommendation 

to which objection is made, Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge made under 28 

U.S.C. § 636(b)(l)(B) and dated December 9, 2016, is ADOPTED as the opinion of this Court

with the following ADDITIONAL findings: Plaintiff’s Objection (Doc. 32) is an attempt to file 

an untimely amended complaint but in doing so, Plaintiff fails to address the reasons for the 

dismissal of his case (i.e., his failure to respond to the Court’s July 25, 2016 Order (Doc. 26) and 

failure to respond to the Defendant’s motions to dismiss). 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Defendant City of Mobile Police Department’s 

Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 27) and Defendant Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran’s Motion to 

Dismiss (Doc. 29) are GRANTED such that Plaintiff’s Complaint is hereby DISMISSED 

WITH PREJUDICE for failure to comply with a court order pursuant to Rule 41(b).

DONE and ORDERED this the 21st day of December 2016.

/s/ Kristi K. DuBose

KRISTI K. DuBOSE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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