Cleveland v. Gautreaux

ORDER AND RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS

JOHN W. deGRAVELLES,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

I. INTRODUCTION

Before the Court is the Motion to Dismiss (“First MTD”), (Doc. 7), filed by two *726natural defendants—Sheriff Sid J. Gau-treaux III (“Gautreaux”), Sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish, and Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Grimes (“Grimes”) (collectively, “Natural Defendants”),1 Warden of East Baton Rouge Parish Prison (“EBRPP”)— and the Motion to Dismiss (“Second MTD”), (Doc. 8), filed an artificial defendant—Prison Medical Services (“PMS”), a division of the City…