Jones v. Butler

Full title: JOHN H. JONES (#313554) v. WARDEN BUTLER, ET AL.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: May 15, 2014

CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-486-SDD-SCR (M.D. La. May. 15, 2014)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-486-SDD-SCR

05-15-2014

JOHN H. JONES (#313554) v. WARDEN BUTLER, ET AL.

SHELLY D. DICK

RULING

AND

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

The Court has carefully considered the Complaint ¹, the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation ² of United States Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Riedlinger dated April 16, 2014, to which no objection has been filed, and hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.

1 Rec. Doc. 1.

2 Rec. Doc. 24

ACCORDINGLY, the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment ³ is GRANTED. The claims against Sgt. Harris, Capt. Smith and Capt. Williams are dismissed for failure to prosecute pursuant to Rule 4(m), Fed.R.Civ.P. Further, the Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over any state law claim. Therefore, the Complaint is dismissed without prejudice to any state law claim.

3 Rec Doc. 9.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana the 15 day of May, 2014.

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SHELLY D. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA