Bakambia v. Hart
Marc Amouri Bakambia v. Alexandria Hart, Dir. of Health Services at MCF-Stillwater (in her official capacity); Michael Oliveras, Property Officer at MCF-Stillwater (in his individual capacity); Christine Oberembt, Medical Record Staff and Off-site Coordinator at MCF-Stillwater (in her official and individual capacities); Tammy Maenke, Centurion Contracted Medical Scheduler (in their official and individual capacities); Jill Cairns, Centurion Contracted Medical Scheduler (in their official and individual capacities); Beth Garnett, Centurion Contracted Medical Scheduler (in their official and individual capacities); and Centurion
- Laura Provinzino
- 0:24-cv-03653
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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In Bakambia v. Hart, Judge Provinzino adopted a magistrate's recommendation and dismissed without prejudice all claims against four defendants — Maenke, Cairns, Garnett, and Centurion.
Marc Amouri Bakambia, a prisoner at MCF-Stillwater, and the four dismissed defendants: contracted medical schedulers Tammy Maenke, Jill Cairns, and Beth Garnett, and their employer Centurion. All claims against those four defendants have been dismissed without prejudice.
What happened
In Bakambia v. Hart, No. 24-cv-3653, prisoner Marc Amouri Bakambia sued several officials and a private medical contractor at MCF-Stillwater over matters related to health services. The case focused here on motions to dismiss filed by four of those defendants: contracted medical schedulers Tammy Maenke, Jill Cairns, and Beth Garnett, and their employer Centurion.
Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster issued a Report and Recommendation on June 26, 2026, advising that both motions to dismiss filed by those four defendants be granted and that all claims against them be dismissed. Bakambia contacted the Court and stated he did not intend to object to that recommendation, and no other party filed objections either, so the court reviewed the recommendation only for obvious error.
Judge Laura M. Provinzino found no error in the magistrate's recommendation and adopted it in full. Both motions to dismiss — the original motion by Maenke, Cairns, and Garnett and their amended motion joined by Centurion — were granted, and all claims against those four defendants were dismissed without prejudice, meaning Bakambia is not automatically barred from potentially raising those claims again.
The detailed version
- Bakambia v. Hart · No. 0:24-cv-03653
- Laura M. Provinzino
- July 20, 2026
Background
Plaintiff Marc Amouri Bakambia brought suit against multiple defendants connected to health services at MCF-Stillwater, a Minnesota correctional facility. The defendants include Alexandria Hart (Director of Health Services), Michael Oliveras (a property officer), Christine Oberembt (medical records staff and off-site coordinator), three contracted medical schedulers — Tammy Maenke, Jill Cairns, and Beth Garnett — and Centurion, the private company with which those schedulers are contracted. The schedulers and Centurion are sued in both their official and individual capacities.
Procedural History
Two motions to dismiss were filed on behalf of the moving defendants: ECF No. 173, filed by Maenke, Cairns, and Garnett, and ECF No. 184, an amended motion to dismiss filed by Maenke, Cairns, Garnett, and Centurion collectively. United States Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster issued a Report and Recommendation (R&R) on June 26, 2026, recommending that both motions be granted and that all claims against those four defendants be dismissed.
Bakambia contacted the Court by phone on July 7, 2026, and informed it that he did not intend to file objections. No other party filed objections. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) and Eighth Circuit precedent (citing Grinder v. Gammon, 73 F.3d 793, 795 (8th Cir. 1996)), the absence of objections reduced the Court's review standard to a check for clear error only.
Ruling
Judge Provinzino reviewed the R&R under the clear-error standard and found no error. The Court adopted the R&R in full. Both motions to dismiss — ECF No. 173 and ECF No. 184 — were granted. All claims against Maenke, Cairns, Garnett, and Centurion were dismissed without prejudice. A dismissal without prejudice means the claims were not terminated on the merits in a way that would necessarily bar Bakambia from re-raising them; the opinion does not elaborate on what further steps, if any, remain available.
Remaining Parties
The order addresses only the claims against Maenke, Cairns, Garnett, and Centurion. The opinion does not resolve the status of claims against remaining defendants Alexandria Hart, Michael Oliveras, and Christine Oberembt, which appear to remain pending based on the caption and order language.
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