Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-00127-BAJ-SDJ
12-10-2020
LEONARD DOUGLAS (#601998), Individually and on behalf of EXECUTIVE SHIELD SOCIETY, INC., HOUSE OF BLUES OF BATON ROUGE, and BATON ROUGE HOUSE OF BLUES, LLC v. THE ESTATE OF T. JOE CALLOWAY, ET AL.
RULING AND ORDER
Before the Court is Plaintiff's pro se Complaint (Doc. 1), alleging various breach of contract claims related to improvements made to a certain tract of real property located at 6046 Airline Highway, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Plaintiff, a prisoner, is proceeding in forma pauperis. Pursuant to the screening requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e) and 1915A, the Magistrate Judge has issued a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 8) recommending that Plaintiff's action be dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and on the basis that Plaintiff has not established that he can represent the interests of his purported co-plaintiffs. Plaintiff does not object to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation.
Having carefully considered Plaintiff's Complaint and related filings, the Court APPROVES the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation and ADOPTS it as the Court's opinion in this matter.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's Complaint is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and on the basis that Plaintiff has not established that he can represent the interests of his purported co-plaintiffs.
A judgment will issue separately.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 10th day of December, 2020
/s/ _________
JUDGE BRIAN A. JACKSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA