From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Mattox v. Owens

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BEAUMONT DIVISION
Feb 25, 2014
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:13cv487 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 25, 2014)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:13cv487

02-25-2014

MICHAEL ALLEN MATTOX v. JEROME OWENS, ET AL.


MEMORANDUM ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE

JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

Plaintiff Michael Allen Mattox, an inmate at the Wynne Unit, proceeding pro se, brought this civil rights suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Jerome Owens, Tommy Adams, Misty Weeks, and Robert Choate.

The court referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate Judge, at Beaumont, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this court. The magistrate judge recommends this action be dismissed as frivolous and for failing to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

The court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed pursuant to such referral, along with the record, pleadings and all available evidence. No objections to the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge were filed by the parties.

ORDER

Accordingly, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the magistrate judge are correct and the report of the magistrate judge is ADOPTED.

A final judgment will be entered in this case in accordance with the magistrate judge's recommendations.

__________

Thad Heartfield

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Mattox v. Owens

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BEAUMONT DIVISION
Feb 25, 2014
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:13cv487 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 25, 2014)
Case details for

Mattox v. Owens

Case Details

Full title:MICHAEL ALLEN MATTOX v. JEROME OWENS, ET AL.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BEAUMONT DIVISION

Date published: Feb 25, 2014

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:13cv487 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 25, 2014)

Citing Cases

Simmons v. Police Jury of Avoyelles Par.

A prosecutor's absolute immunity also extends to the handling of appeals and other post-conviction…