Opinion
Civil Action 22-290-SDD-EWD
02-07-2023
ANTOINE EDWARDS #748056 v. LUKE RHEEMS, ETAL.
RULING
SHELLY D. DICK CHIEF JUDGE
The Court has carefully considered the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation' of United States Magistrate Erin Wilder-Doomes. dated December 29, 2022, to which an Objection was filed. The Court conducted a de novo review.
Rec. Doc. 28.
Rec. Doc. 29.
The Court 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 supplemental jurisdiction over potential state law claims and Edwards's federal claim related to Captain Bradford's alleged falsification of a document causing Edwards to be sentenced to lockdown for five days is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE as legally frivolous and for failure to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e) and 1915A. Any other federal claims Edwards has brought in this matter are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as improperly cumulated and that this case is CLOSED.