Woods v. Johnson (INMATE 1), No. 1:2016cv00761 - Document 10 (M.D. Ala. 2016)

Court Description: OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 11/4/2016. (kh, )

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Woods v. Johnson (INMATE 1) Doc. 10 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION JAMES AMAR WOODS, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. MARK JOHNSON, Defendant. CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:16cv761-MHT (WO) OPINION Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, an inmate, filed this lawsuit seeking injunctive and declaratory relief to stop the defendant--who currently serves as the district attorney of Houston County but represented plaintiff prior to becoming prosecuting plaintiff. court on the a prosecutor--from This lawsuit is now before the recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge that plaintiff’s claims against the defendant district attorney be dismissed with prejudice on the basis of absolute prosecutorial immunity, that plaintiffs’ relief be claims dismissed for declaratory without and prejudice, and injunctive that his Dockets.Justia.com motion for preliminary injunction be denied. There are no After objections to the recommendation. an independent and de novo review of the record, the court concludes should be that the adopted, magistrate except judge’s that all recommendation claims will dismissed without prejudice. An appropriate judgment will be entered. DONE, this the 4th day of November, 2016. /s/ Myron H. Thompson UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE be

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