Buckenberger v. La. State Penitentiary

Full title: BUCKENBERGER v. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: Feb 3, 2021

CIVIL ACTION 20-285-SDD-SDJ (M.D. La. Feb. 3, 2021)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION 20-285-SDD-SDJ

02-03-2021

BUCKENBERGER v. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY

CHIEF JUDGE SHELLY D. DICK UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

RULING

The Court has carefully considered the Motion for Summary Judgment ¹, the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendations ² of United States Magistrate Judge Scott D. Johnson, dated January 8, 2021, to which no objection was filed.

1 Rec. Doc. 69.

2 Rec. Doc. 80.

The Court hereby approves the Report and Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.

ACCORDINGLY, the Motion ³ is hereby GRANTED and the Plaintiff's claims are hereby dismissed, without prejudice, for failure to exhaust administrative remedies.

3 Rec. Doc. 69. --------

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction in connection with any potential state law claims and this action is hereby dismissed, and all other pending motions are denied as moot.

Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on February 3, 2021.

/s/ _________

CHIEF JUDGE SHELLY D. DICK

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA