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Parties Involved:
Robert Casteel
Defendant
Phenix City Police Department
Defendant
George Pugh
Plaintiff
Ray Smith
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION

GEORGE PUGH, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 3:14cv178-MHT

) (WO)

PHENIX CITY POLICE 

DEPARTMENT, RAY SMITH AND 

ROBERT CASTEEL,

)

)

)

)

 Defendants. )

JUDGMENT

After an independent and de novo review of the 

record, it is ORDERED as follows:

(1) The magistrate judge’s recommendation (doc. no. 

21), to which no objection has been filed, is adopted.

(2) The motion to dismiss (doc. no. 8) is granted 

to the extent that the Title VII claim against 

defendants Ray Smith and Robert Casteel in their 

individual capacities is dismissed.

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(3) The motion to dismiss (doc. no. 8) is denied to 

the extent that the Title VII claim against defendants 

Smith and Casteel in their official capacities is not 

dismissed.

(4) The motion to dismiss (doc. no. 8) is granted 

to the extent that defendant Phenix City Police 

Department is dismissed and terminated as a party.

(5) The plaintiff is allowed 14 days from the date 

of this order to file an amended complaint that names 

the proper defendant or defendants, in place of 

defendant Phenix City Police Department, and that 

contains a short and plain statement setting forth 

specific factual allegations from which it could be 

reasonably inferred that his employer discriminated 

against him on the basis of his race.

The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to enter this 

document on the civil docket as a final judgment 

pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure.

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This case is referred back to the magistrate judge 

and is not closed.

DONE, this the 31st day of March, 2015.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson___ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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