Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-117-JJB-RLB
10-26-2016
RAYMOND HAMILTON (#9000135020) v. SID J. GAUTREAUX, III, ET AL.
RULING
The court has carefully considered the petition, the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr., dated October 6, 2016 (doc. no. 7) to which no objection has been filed.
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 the exercise of supplemental jurisdiction over any potential state law claims, and this action is DISMISSED, with prejudice, as legally frivolous, and for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e) and 1915A.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 26th day of October, 2016.
/s/_________
JAMES J. BRADY, JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA