Swanson v. E. Baton Rouge Sheriff Office

Full title: SWANSON, ET AL. v. EAST BATON ROUGE SHERIFF OFFICE, ET AL.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: Jan 23, 2018

CIVIL ACTION 16-577-SDD-RLB (M.D. La. Jan. 23, 2018)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION 16-577-SDD-RLB

01-23-2018

SWANSON, ET AL. v. EAST BATON ROUGE SHERIFF OFFICE, ET AL.

SHELLY D. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

RULING

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 Richard L. Bourgeois, Jr. dated December 27, 2017 to which no objection has been filed.

1 Rec. Doc. 1.

2 Rec. Doc. 5. --------

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

Accordingly, the Court declines the exercise of supplemental jurisdiction over any potential state law claims, and this action is dismissed, with prejudice, as legally frivolous and for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e) and 1915A.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana the 23 day of January, 2018.

/s/ _________

SHELLY D. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA