Opinion
CIVIL ACTION 17-218-SDD-EWD
02-19-2020
HENRY HICKSON v. GROOM, ET AL.
RULING
The Court has carefully considered the Motion filed by Tim Delaney, the Amended Complaint filed by the Plaintiff, the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes dated January 28,2020, to which an objection was filed and also reviewed.
Rec. Doc. 89.
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The Court hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.
ACCORDINGLY, the Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby GRANTED and all of Plaintiff's claims against Tim Delaney are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all claims against the newly added Defendants are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE sua sponte and the Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiff's potential state law claims and this case is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on February 19, 2020.
/s/ _________
CHIEF JUDGE SHELLY D. DICK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA