Ward v. Smoke et al (JOINT ASSIGN)(MAG2), No. 2:2014cv00675 - Document 37 (M.D. Ala. 2015)

Court Description: OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 12/28/15. (djy, )

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION RHONDA WARD, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. STEPHANIE DANIELS SMOKE, individually and as a member of the Elmore County Commission, et al., Defendants. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14cv675-MHT (WO) OPINION Pursuant Ward, a to 42 former U.S.C. employee § 1983, of the plaintiff Elmore Rhonda County Commission, naming as defendants the commission and its members and asserting violations of her federal rights to equal protection and substantive and procedural due process in the handling of her termination appeal. She also brings a state claim for failure to train and supervise against the commission. This lawsuit is now before the court on the recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge that defendants’ motion to dismiss be granted and Ward’s case be dismissed. before the court recommendation. are After Ward’s an objections independent Also to and the de novo review of the record, the court concludes that Ward’s objections should be overruled and the magistrate judge’s recommendation adopted. An appropriate judgment will be entered. DONE, this the 28th day of December, 2015. /s/ Myron H. Thompson UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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