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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

COVALUS ACKWARD, ADC #132234 PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 5:18-cv-00257-KGB-BD

MICHEAL DEMERY, Lieutenant, Varner Supermax Unit, et al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Before the Court is the Partial Recommended Disposition submitted by United States 

Magistrate Judge Beth Deere (Dkt. No. 9). No objections have been filed, and the deadline for 

filing objections has since passed. After careful consideration, the Court finds no reason to alter 

or reject Judge Deere’s recommendations.

Therefore, the Court adopts the Partial Recommended Disposition in its entirety as this 

Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law (Dkt. No. 9). The Court dismisses without 

prejudice Mr. Ackward’s claims against defendants Wilson, Cunningham, and Hampton. Wilson, 

Cunningham, and Hampton are dismissed as defendants in this action. The Court also dismisses

without prejudice Mr. Ackward’s failure-to-investigate claims against defendants Gibson and 

Dexter Payne. The Court does not dismiss Mr. Ackward’s deliberate-indifference claims against 

defendants Gibson and Payne, nor does it dismiss Mr. Ackward’s excessive-force claim against 

defendant Micheal Demery.

It is so ordered this 22nd day of January, 2020.

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Kristine G. Baker

United States District Judge

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