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Parties Involved:
James H. Barber
Defendant
City of Mobile, AL
Defendant
City of Mobile, AL Police Department
Defendant
Khzemar Suvadus James
Plaintiff
Kevin Kelley
Defendant

Document Text:

IN	THE	UNITED	STATES	DISTRICT	COURT	FOR	THE

SOUTHERN	DISTRICT	OF	ALABAMA

SOUTHERN	DIVISION

KHZEMAR	SUVADUS	

JAMES,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY	OF	MOBILE,	AL;	CITY	

OF	MOBILE,	AL	POLICE	

DEPARTMENT;	CHIEF	OF	

POLICE	JAMES	H.	BARBER,	

in	his	official	and	individual	

capacities;	OFFICER	KEVIN	

KELLEY,	in	his	official	and	

individual	capacities,

Defendants.

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CIVIL	ACTION	NO.

15-00524-CB-M

ORDER

This	matter	is	before	the	Court	on	the	following	motions:		(1)	a	motion	to	

dismiss	filed	by	the	City	of	Mobile,	AL	Police	Department	(Doc.	8); (2)	a	motion	to	

strike	claims	for	punitive	damages	filed	by	the	City	of	Mobile; (Doc.	13);	and	(3) a	

motion	to	dismiss	or,	alternatively,	for	summary	judgment	filed	by	Chief	of	Police	

James	H.	Barber	(Doc.	10).		In	his	responses	(Docs.	22,	23	&	24),	Plaintiff	concedes	

that	he	is	not	entitled	to	recover	punitive	damages	against	the	City	of	Mobile	and	

that	the	City	of	Mobile,	AL	Police	Department	and	Chief	of	Police	James	H.	Barber	are	

not	proper	defendants. Therefore,	the	motions	to	dismiss	and	the	motion	to	strike	

are	hereby	GRANTED.

DONE and	ORDERED this	the	25th day	of	April,	2016.

s/Charles		R.	Butler,	Jr.

Senior	United	States	District	Judge

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