Opinion
File No. 18-cv-3250 (ECT/BRT)
03-06-2020
Fredrick DeWayne Hines, Plaintiff, v. Minnesota Department of Corrections; Tom Roy; Shane E. Wernsing; Lon Augdahl; Stephan Cranna; Michelle Smith; David Rheisus; Sherlinda Wheeler; Deborah MacNeill; Eric Nelson; Hannah Lindeman; Elizabeth (Beth) Strunk; Mary Spaniol; Lindsey Jennelle; Cynthia Herme; Diane Medchill; Carlirae Ronning; Mary A. Bergstad; Matthew Marsh; Andy DuBois; Nanette Larson; Barb Manor; Elaine Crowern; Carla Thompson; Kathy Reid; Brenda Smith; Katherine Uhl; Jamie Peterson; Coleen Loucks; Danielle Kenyon; Truman Clate; Dana Hill; Bronson Austrenge; Brian Bradley; "Lt. Unknown Hagen (CX-5 & MHU-CX-4) (PREA Investigator)"; Chad Oye; Jeffrey Gutzmer; "Sgt. S. Swanson (CX-5)"; Tim Farmer; Matthew Johnson; Glen Lisowy; "Sgt. Unknown Bikney (CX-5)"; "Sgt. Unknown Grandstand (CX-5)"; Lon Hovak; Craig Thacker; "D. Strickland (CX-5)"; "Unknown Uhl (CX5)"; Bret Rangstich; "Unknown Kosh (CX-5 & MHU-CX-4)"; Victor Torres; "Unknown Jackson (CX-5 & CX-4)"; Adam Perry; "J. Priase (CX-5; CX-4)"; Brain Rhor; "J. Fredrick (CX-5 & MHUCX-4)"; "Unknown Minneto (CX-5 & MHU-CX-4)"; "Unknown Graves (CX-5 & MHU-CX-4)"; Mic Klin; Brandon Huynh; "J. Smith (CX-5, CX-4)"; Anthony Crea; "Unknown O'Neill (ACU, CX-5 & CX-4)"; Doug Witte; "Unknown O'Neill (CX-5-MHU, CX-4 & ACU-Unit)"; "A. Yates (CX-5 & CX-4)"; James Toughy; and "Inmate (Drama) CX4", Defendants.
ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
The Court has received the January 31, 2020 Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson. ECF No. 158. No party has objected to that Report and Recommendation, and the Court therefore reviews it for clear error. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996) (per curiam). Finding no clear error, and based upon all of the files, records, and proceedings in the above-captioned matter, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 158] is ACCEPTED;
2. Defendant Shane E. Wernsing's motion to dismiss [ECF No. 66] is GRANTED, and Plaintiff's claims against Defendant Wernsing are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE;
3. The State Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 88] is GRANTED, and Plaintiff's claims against the State Defendants are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE;
State of Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Corrections, Lori Swanson, Mark Dayton, John Hoffman, Commissioner of Human Services ("John or Jane Doe"), Antilla, Austrenge, Bergstad, Berts, Bestgen, Binkley, Bradley, Cash, Clute, Crea, Crowe, Dubois, Ewald, Farmer, Fisher, Fredrick, Girard, Grandstand, Graves, Gutzmer, Hagen, Herme, Hermerding, Hill, Hudak, Huynh, Jennelle, Johnson, Kenyon, Klin, Larson, Lindeman, Lisowy, Loucks, MacNeill, Mamer, Marsh, Medchill, Melvin, Minke, Minetto, Nelson, Oye, Perry, Peterson, Rangstich, Reid, Reishus, Rohr, Ronning, Roy, Brenda Smith (Wark), Craig Smith, Jason Smith, Michelle Smith, Spaniol, Speilman, Strickland, Strunk, Amber Swanson, Seth Swanson, Thacker, Thompson, Thor, Torres, Tuohy, Craig Uhl, Katherine Uhl, Wheeler, Wilson, Witte, Witter, Yates (collectively "State Defendants"). Plaintiff also names the following individuals that he alleges are Department of Corrections ("DOC") employees at Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak Park Heights ("MCF-OPH"): B. Lor; Carlton Perry; Jackson Kosh, Lt. Monfur; O'Neill; S. Stanley; Sgt. Foster. DOC has not identified these individuals, and they have not executed waivers of service as to individual capacity claims.
4. Plaintiff's claims against Defendants Lon Augdahl, Stephen Craane, and Deborah MacNeill are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i);
The Complaint incorrectly identifies Defendant Stephen Craane as "Stephan Cranna." See ECF No. 36 at 2 n.1. --------
5. Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File a First Amended Complaint [ECF No. 141] is DENIED as futile;
6. Plaintiff's Motion to Present Exhibit B Attached to Memo of Law [ECF No. 153] is DENIED as moot; and
7. Plaintiff's Complaint [ECF No. 1] is DISMISSED.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.
Dated: March 6, 2020
s/ Eric C. Tostrud
Eric C. Tostrud
United States District Court