Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-779-SDD-RLB
01-23-2014
DONALD PEA (#457171) v. N. BURL CAIN, WARDEN, ET AL
RULING
The Court, after carefully considering the Petition, the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. dated January 2, 2014, to which no objection has been filed, hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.
ACCORDINGLY, the Court declines to exercise of supplemental jurisdiction over the Plaintiff's state law claims. The Motion for Summary Judgment of Defendant Greg Templeton is granted in part, dismissing all of the Plaintiff's claims asserted against the Defendant except the Plaintiff's claim for monetary damages asserted against the Defendant in the Defendant's individual capacity arising out of the alleged use of excessive force on September 11, 2011. This matter is referred back to the Magistrate Judge for further proceedings. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 23, 2014.
Record document 22
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SHELLY D. DICK , DISTRICT JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA