UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION

KEVIN KEITH EARLS, § § Plaintiff, § § v. § Case No. 3:22-CV-2508-X-BN § DALLAS SHERIFF’S § DEPARTMENT, § § Defendant. §

ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The United States Magistrate Judge made findings, conclusions, and a recommendation in this case. [Doc. No. 4]. Plaintiff Kevin Keith Earls, a Texas prisoner, filed a pro se complaint against the Dallas Sheriff’s Department alleging that, while he was incarcerated at the Dallas County jail in 1993, he attempted to commit suicide and was attacked by another inmate.1 The Magistrate Judge concluded that the Dallas Sheriff’s Department is not subject to suit as a jural entity with “a separate legal existence,” and that Earls’s claims are time-barred.2 Thus, the Magistrate Judge concluded that the claims are frivolous and should be dismissed with prejudice under

(a).

1 Doc. No. 4 at 1 (citing Doc. No. 3). 2 Doc. No. 4 at 2 (citing Darby v. Pasadena Police Dep’t,

, 313–14 (5th Cir. 1991) (cleaned up); Helton v. Clements,

(5th Cir. 1987)). Earls did not object to the Magistrate Judge’s findings, conclusions, and recommendation. The District Court reviewed for plain error the proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Finding none, the Court ACCEPTS the Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge. The Court DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE this suit. IT ISSO ORDERED, this 16th day of February, 2023.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE