Jones v. Hope City Police Department, 4:19-cv-4009. (2019)
Court: District Court, W.D. Arkansas
Number: infdco20190813880
Visitors: 16
Filed: Aug. 12, 2019
Latest Update: Aug. 12, 2019
Summary: ORDER SUSAN O. HICKEY , Chief District Judge . Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation filed July 18, 2019, by the Honorable Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. (ECF No. 24). Judge Bryant recommends that the Court grant Separate Defendant Hope City Police Department's ("HCPD") Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 19) and dismiss Plaintiff's claims against HCPD because HCPD, a police department, is not a legal entity that is subject to suit
Summary: ORDER SUSAN O. HICKEY , Chief District Judge . Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation filed July 18, 2019, by the Honorable Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. (ECF No. 24). Judge Bryant recommends that the Court grant Separate Defendant Hope City Police Department's ("HCPD") Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 19) and dismiss Plaintiff's claims against HCPD because HCPD, a police department, is not a legal entity that is subject to suit u..
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ORDER
SUSAN O. HICKEY, Chief District Judge.
Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation filed July 18, 2019, by the Honorable Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. (ECF No. 24). Judge Bryant recommends that the Court grant Separate Defendant Hope City Police Department's ("HCPD") Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 19) and dismiss Plaintiff's claims against HCPD because HCPD, a police department, is not a legal entity that is subject to suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Plaintiff has not filed objections to the Report and Recommendation, and the time to object has passed. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Therefore, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 24) in toto. Accordingly, Separate Defendant Hope City Police Department's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 19) is hereby GRANTED. Plaintiff's claims against Separate Defendant Hope City Police Department are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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