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Stone v. Smith

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Statesboro Division
Feb 12, 2009
Case No. CV608-088 (S.D. Ga. Feb. 12, 2009)

Summary

denying the plaintiff's motion for voluntary dismissal, filed after screening and an adverse report and recommendation, noting that "the PLRA's screening and three-strikes provisions trump the civil rule," Fed. R. Civ. P. 41, allowing voluntary dismissal

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Opinion

Case No. CV608-088.

February 12, 2009


ORDER


After a careful de novo review of the record in this case, the Court concurs with the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, to which objections have been filed. Accordingly, the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is adopted as the opinion of the Court.

SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Stone v. Smith

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Statesboro Division
Feb 12, 2009
Case No. CV608-088 (S.D. Ga. Feb. 12, 2009)

denying the plaintiff's motion for voluntary dismissal, filed after screening and an adverse report and recommendation, noting that "the PLRA's screening and three-strikes provisions trump the civil rule," Fed. R. Civ. P. 41, allowing voluntary dismissal

Summary of this case from Paulcin v. Inch

In Stone, as here, the plaintiff's motion to dismiss was filed after the magistrate judge recommended dismissing his case as frivolous.

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Case details for

Stone v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:LORNE VERNAE STONE, Plaintiff, v. HUGH SMITH, DR. TOMMY LEE JONES, and DR…

Court:United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Statesboro Division

Date published: Feb 12, 2009

Citations

Case No. CV608-088 (S.D. Ga. Feb. 12, 2009)

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