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Parties Involved:
Gregory J. Benton
Defendant
City of Dothan, Alabama
Defendant
Jacob Kleinschnitz
Plaintiff
William Phares
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION 

JACOB KLEINSCHNITZ, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 1:13cv209-MHT 

) (WO) 

WILLIAM PHARES, in his )

individual capacity, et )

al., )

)

 Defendants. )

JUDGMENT 

Plaintiff Jacob Kleinschnitz having said at the 

pretrial conference on February 6, 2015, that he is 

objecting to the magistrate judge’s recommendation 

(doc. no. 42) only as to plaintiff Kleinschnitz's 

state-law malicious-prosecution claim against defendant 

William Phares (for obstruction of justice), it is the 

ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court as follows: 

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

42) is adopted as to all claims and all 

defendants except plaintiff Jacob Kleinschnitz's 

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state-law malicious-prosecution claim against 

defendant William Phares. 

(2) Defendants William Phares, Gregory J. Benton, and 

City of Dothan, Alabama's motion for summary 

judgment (doc. no. 25) is granted as to all 

claims and as to all defendants except plaintiff 

Kleinschnitz's state-law malicious-prosecution 

claim against defendant Phares. 

(3) Judgment is entered in favor of defendants 

Phares, Benton, and City of Dothan and against 

plaintiff Kleinschnitz as to all claims and all 

defendants except plaintiff Kleinschnitz's 

state-law malicious-prosecution claim against 

defendant Phares. Defendants Benton and City of 

Dothan are terminated as parties. 

(4) The magistrate judge's recommendation (doc. no. 

42) is still pending as to plaintiff 

Kleinschnitz's state-law malicious-prosecution 

claim against defendant Phares. 

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This case is not closed. 

 DONE, this the 6th day of February, 2015. 

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson____ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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