Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 20-00438-BAJ-RLB
10-26-2020
CEDRIC SPEARS (#9000062399) v. JANICE MARTIN, ET AL.
RULING AND ORDER
Before the Court is Plaintiff's pro se Complaint (Doc. 1), alleging various purported constitutional violations and state law claims against multiple state agencies and individual defendants. Plaintiff, a prisoner, is proceeding in forma pauperis. Pursuant to the screening requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e) and 1915A, the Magistrate Judge has issued a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 8) recommending that Plaintiff's federal claims be dismissed with prejudice as frivolous, and further recommending that the Court decline the exercise of supplemental jurisdiction over any potential state law claims. Plaintiff does not object to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation.
Having carefully considered Plaintiff's Complaint and related filings, the Court APPROVES the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation and ADOPTS it as the Court's opinion in this matter.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the Court declines the exercise of supplemental jurisdiction over any potential state law claims, and that this action be and is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e) and 1915A.
A judgment will issue separately.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 26th day of October, 2020
/s/ _________
JUDGE BRIAN A. JACKSON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA