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Hope v. Allen

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division
Jun 16, 2009
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:07cv210-MHT (M.D. Ala. Jun. 16, 2009)

Summary

adopting magistrate judge's recommendation that corrections officer defendants be entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:07cv210-MHT.

June 16, 2009


ORDER


After an independent and de novo review of the record and upon consideration of the magistrate judge's recommendation (Doc. No. 45), to which no objection has been filed, it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court as follows:

(1) The magistrate judge's recommendation (Doc. No. 45) is adopted.

(2) The motion for summary judgment (Doc. No. 17) is granted in part and denied in part.

(3) Summary judgment is entered in favor of defendants Richard Allen, W.G. Rowell, Leon Bolling, Bobby Barrett, Carl Clay, and Allan D. Smith and against plaintiff Larrie Hope on all claims against these defendants in both their official and individual capacities, with plaintiff Larrie Hope taking nothing as to all claims against these defendants in their official and individual capacities.

(4) Summary judgment is entered in favor of defendants Roosevelt Pettaway, Anthony Barber, and Tericus Dinkins and against plaintiff Hope on all claims against these defendants in their official and individual capacities, except as to plaintiff Hope's excessive-force claim against these defendants in their individual capacities, with plaintiff taking nothing as to all the claims against these defendants except plaintiff Hope's excessive-force claim against these defendants in their individual capacities.

(5) This case will proceed to trial on plaintiff Hope's excessive-force claim against defendants Pettaway, Barber, and Dinkins in their individual capacities.


Summaries of

Hope v. Allen

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division
Jun 16, 2009
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:07cv210-MHT (M.D. Ala. Jun. 16, 2009)

adopting magistrate judge's recommendation that corrections officer defendants be entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity

Summary of this case from Bailey v. Hughes
Case details for

Hope v. Allen

Case Details

Full title:LARRIE HOPE, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD ALLEN, Commissioner of Alabama…

Court:United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division

Date published: Jun 16, 2009

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:07cv210-MHT (M.D. Ala. Jun. 16, 2009)

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