Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-1736
07-06-2017
JEROME L. GRIMES v. TIMOTHY STEPHENS, ET AL.
MAG. JUDGE KAREN L. HAYES
JUDGMENT
The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge having been considered, together with the written objections thereto filed with this Court, and, after a de novo review of the record, finding that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation is correct and that judgment as recommended therein is warranted,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [Doc. No.11], argued on the basis of res judicata is DENIED, but that Plaintiff's claims against Defendants Timothy Stephens and the City of Monroe Police Department are hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE pursuant to Wallace v. Kato.
MONROE, LOUISIANA, this 6th day of July, 2017.
/s/ _________
ROBERT G. JAMES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE