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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 DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

ALBERT CURRY, #286436, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:13cv631-TMH

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ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF )

PUBLIC SAFETY and )

STATE TROOPER HANKS, )

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Defendants. )

ORDER AND OPINION

On September 25, 2013, the Magistrate Judge filed a Recommendation in this case

to which no timely objections have been filed. (Doc. # 3). Upon an independent review of

the file in this case and upon consideration of the Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge,

it is 

ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge be

and is hereby ADOPTED and that this case is TRANSFERRED to the United States District

Court for the Southern District of Alabama pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1404. 

The court has ascertained that the full name of the individual defendant is Todd 1

Hanks. It likewise appears to this court that Trooper Hanks is the only proper defendant in this cause

of action. See Papasan v. Allain, 478 U.S. 265 (1986) (Unless a state or the state agency consents

to suit, the plaintiff cannot proceed against such defendant as the action is proscribed bythe Eleventh

Amendment and “[t]his bar exists whether the reliefsought is legal or equitable.”); Will v. Michigan

Dept. of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 65, 109 S.Ct. 2304, 2309 (1989) (A state agency is merely an

extension of the State and is therefore “not a ‘person’ [subject to suit] within the meaning of

§1983....”).

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Done, this 24th day of October 2013.

 /s/ Truman M. Hobbs 

TRUMAN M. HOBBS

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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