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Thibodeaux v. Lafayette City Police Dep't

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION SECTION P
Nov 26, 2013
CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:13-cv-2330 (W.D. La. Nov. 26, 2013)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:13-cv-2330

11-26-2013

TODD P. THIBODEAUX LA. DOC # 112796 v. LAFAYETTE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, ET AL.


JUDGE REBECCA F. DOHERTY


MAGISTRATE JUDGE PATRICK J. HANNA


JUDGMENT

For the reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge previously filed herein, determining that the findings are correct under the applicable law, and noting the absence of objections to the Report and Recommendation in the record;

IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff's civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE as frivolous and for failing to state a claim for which relief my be granted.

The Clerk of Court is directed to send a copy of this Judgment to the Keeper of the Three Strikes List, Tyler, Texas.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED, in chambers, Lafayette, Louisinan, on this 26 day of November, 2013.

_________________________

REBECCA F. DOHERTY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

Thibodeaux v. Lafayette City Police Dep't

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION SECTION P
Nov 26, 2013
CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:13-cv-2330 (W.D. La. Nov. 26, 2013)
Case details for

Thibodeaux v. Lafayette City Police Dep't

Case Details

Full title:TODD P. THIBODEAUX LA. DOC # 112796 v. LAFAYETTE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION SECTION P

Date published: Nov 26, 2013

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:13-cv-2330 (W.D. La. Nov. 26, 2013)

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