Holmes v. Minnesota DOC
- Patrick Schiltz
- 0:23-cv-02969
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 3
In Holmes v. Minnesota DOC, Judge Schiltz adopted the R&R, granted one dismissal motion, and partly granted and partly denied another.
Stephan Nicholas Holmes’s claims against the named defendants. All claims against Centurion, Dr. Jennis Iruke, and Luke DeHaan were dismissed. Some claims against the other named defendants may proceed, and all other claims were dismissed.
What happened
In Holmes v. Minnesota DOC, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommended decision after no party objected. The court reviewed that recommendation for clear error and found none.
The court dismissed all claims against Centurion, Dr. Jennis Iruke, and Luke DeHaan. It partly granted and partly denied the other defendants’ motion: specified deliberate-indifference, supervision, Americans with Disabilities Act, and Rehabilitation Act claims may proceed, while all other claims were dismissed.
Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz adopted the recommendation and entered these rulings on the defendants’ motions to dismiss.
The detailed version
- Holmes v. Minnesota DOC · No. 0:23-cv-02969
- Patrick Schiltz
- Jan. 10, 2025
Background and procedure
United States Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster issued a Report and Recommendation on December 6, 2024. No party objected. The district court therefore reviewed the recommendation for clear error under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) and found none. The court adopted the recommendation.
Rulings on the motions to dismiss
The court granted Centurion, Dr. Jennis Iruke, and Luke DeHaan’s motion to dismiss. All claims against those defendants were dismissed.
The court granted in part and denied in part the motion to dismiss filed by Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Joan Wolff, Paul Schnell, Jesse Pugh, Cheri Short, James Amsterdam, Cassandra Halfacre, Tina Sneen, Emily Melingen, and Kristen Grunewaldt.
The following claims may proceed:
- Count I, alleging deliberate indifference based on an inadequate bed, against Cassandra Halfacre in both her official capacity and individual capacity. The official-capacity claim may seek only declaratory and injunctive relief. - Counts IV, VII, and VIII, alleging deliberate indifference based on deprivation of Lyrica, against Joan Wolff, Kristen Grunewaldt, and Emily Melingen in both their official and individual capacities. The official-capacity claims may seek only declaratory and injunctive relief. - Count II, alleging failure to supervise, against Joan Wolff, Kristen Grunewaldt, Emily Melingen, and Cassandra Halfacre in their individual capacities. - Count IX, alleging failure to supervise, against Joan Wolff in her individual capacity. - Counts X and XI, alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act based on an inadequate bed and shower chair, against Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Corrections, and Cassandra Halfacre in her official capacity. The claim against Halfacre in her official capacity may seek only declaratory and injunctive relief.
All other claims were dismissed.
Disposition
The court adopted the Report and Recommendation. The first motion to dismiss was granted, and all claims against its three defendants were dismissed. The second motion to dismiss was granted in part and denied in part, with the claims listed in the order allowed to proceed and all other claims dismissed.
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