Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:12-CV-169
09-12-2017
CURTIS LEE SHEPPARD, Plaintiff, v. BRIAN COLLIER, Defendant.
MEMORANDUM ORDER OVERRULING OBJECTIONS AND ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Plaintiff Curtis Lee Sheppard, proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court previously referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate Judge, at Beaumont, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this court.
Defendant Collier has filed a motion to dismiss asking that plaintiff's claim relating to growing a beard be dismissed as moot. The magistrate judge has submitted a Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge concerning the motion. The magistrate judge recommends the motion to dismiss be granted.
The court has received the Report and Recommendation, along with the record, pleadings, and all available evidence. Plaintiff filed objections to the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation.
The court has conducted a de novo review of the objections in relation to the pleadings and the applicable law. After careful consideration, the court is of the opinion plaintiff's objections are without merit. The magistrate judge correctly concluded that as the prison regulation regarding beards that plaintiff challenged is no longer in effect, the challenge to the regulation is moot.
ORDER
Accordingly, the objections filed by plaintiff are OVERRULED. The findings of fact and conclusions of law of the magistrate judge are correct, and the report of the magistrate judge is ADOPTED. The motion to dismiss is GRANTED and plaintiff's claim relating to growing a beard is DISMISSED without prejudice as moot.
SIGNED at Plano, Texas, this 12th day of September, 2017.
/s/_________
MARCIA A. CRONE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE