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Walker v. Stewart

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Jan 15, 2009
CIVIL ACTION, NUMBER 08-324-FJP-DLD (M.D. La. Jan. 15, 2009)

Summary

applying Eleventh Amendment immunity to the DPSC and "to the institutions that it maintains"

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION, NUMBER 08-324-FJP-DLD.

January 15, 2009


OPINION


After independently reviewing the entire record in this case and for reasons set forth in the Magistrate Judge's Report to which an objection was filed:

IT IS ORDERED that the defendants' motion to dismiss shall be GRANTED in part, dismissing the plaintiff's unconstitutional conditions of confinement and medical indifference claims and his claims against Hunt Correctional Center. In all other respects, the defendants' motion to dismiss shall be DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter shall be referred back to the Magistrate Judge for further proceedings on the plaintiff's excessive force claims against Maj. Kenneth Stewart.


Summaries of

Walker v. Stewart

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Jan 15, 2009
CIVIL ACTION, NUMBER 08-324-FJP-DLD (M.D. La. Jan. 15, 2009)

applying Eleventh Amendment immunity to the DPSC and "to the institutions that it maintains"

Summary of this case from Washington v. Louisiana
Case details for

Walker v. Stewart

Case Details

Full title:CALVIN WALKER (#110316) v. MAJ. KENNETH STEWART, ET AL

Court:United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana

Date published: Jan 15, 2009

Citations

CIVIL ACTION, NUMBER 08-324-FJP-DLD (M.D. La. Jan. 15, 2009)

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