Heggs v. Department of Corrections
- Katherine Menendez
- 0:20-cv-02302
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
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In Heggs v. Department of Corrections, Judge Menendez accepted the recommendation, granted summary judgment, and dismissed the listed claims with and without prejudice.
Terry Heggs and the defendants, including the Minnesota Department of Corrections and the individual defendants identified in the order. The order granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed the specified claims with or without prejudice as stated.
What happened
In Heggs v. Department of Corrections, the court reviewed a magistrate judge’s recommendation concerning the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or events.
No party objected to the recommendation. The court therefore reviewed it for clear error and found none.
Judge Menendez accepted the recommendation and granted the defendants’ summary-judgment motion. The court dismissed some claims without prejudice and others with prejudice, including the specific claims identified in the order.
The detailed version
- Heggs v. Department of Corrections · No. 0:20-cv-02302
- Katherine Menendez
- Sept. 19, 2022
Background
The court considered a Report and Recommendation issued by United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright on July 22, 2022. The opinion does not provide the factual background or explain the legal basis of Terry Heggs’s claims.
No objections to the recommendation were filed within the permitted period. Because there were no objections, the court reviewed the recommendation for clear error rather than conducting a de novo review of specific disputed portions. The court stated that its review of the recommendation and the record showed no error, clear or otherwise.
Rulings
The court accepted the Report and Recommendation and granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment.
The court dismissed without prejudice:
- Heggs’s claims for monetary damages against the Minnesota Department of Corrections and the individual defendants in their official capacities; - Heggs’s claims against Sergeant Padelford in his individual capacity; and - Heggs’s claims against Lieutenant Spets, CPD Reed, and Sergeant Nerirer.
The court dismissed with prejudice Heggs’s claims for prospective relief and the claims against all other defendants in their individual capacities. The order directed that judgment be entered accordingly.
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