Jones v. La. State Penitentiary

Full title: JONATHAN JONES (#581316) v. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: Jul 11, 2019

CIVIL ACTION 18-845-SDD-RLB (M.D. La. Jul. 11, 2019)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION 18-845-SDD-RLB

07-11-2019

JONATHAN JONES (#581316) v. LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY

SHELLY D. DICK, CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

RULING

The Court has carefully considered the Motion,¹ the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation ² of United States Magistrate Judge Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. dated June 25, 2019, to which an objection³ was filed and also reviewed.

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2 Rec. Doc. 15.

3 Rec. Doc. 16.

The Court hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.

ACCORDINGLY, the Plaintiff's claims against Hunt, Davis, Reed, and Long are hereby DISMISSED, without prejudice, for failure to timely effect service upon them.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss ⁴ is hereby GRANTED, and the Plaintiff's claims against Defendant, Blackmore, are DISMISSED with prejudice and this action is DISMISSED in its entirety.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana the 11 day of July, 2019.

/s/ _________

SHELLY D. DICK, CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA