Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-ared-4_07-cv-00076/USCOURTS-ared-4_07-cv-00076-1/pdf.json

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

---

1

This dismissal is considered a “strike” within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42

U.S.C. § 1997e, which provides that a prisoner may not file a pro se civil rights action or appeal if the prisoner

has, on three or more prior occasions, filed an action or appeal that was dismissed as frivolous, malicious or for

failure to state a claim, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

ABYSSINIA BALLARD PLAINTIFF 

ADC #134308

v. NO. 4:07cv00076 GTE-HLJ

DALE REED, et al DEFENDANTS

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition received from

Magistrate Judge Henry L. Jones and the objections filed in response, and has further reviewed the

relevant record de novo. The Findings and Recommendations are adopted in their entirety as this

Court's findings. 

Accordingly, 

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

(Docket No. 45) be, and it is hereby GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Complaint be, and it is hereby, DISMISSED

without prejudice to re-file after exhaustion of his available remedies, and that this dismissal should

be considered a “strike” within the meaning of the PLRA.1

 IT IS SO ORDERED this 23rd day of October, 2007.

 /s/Garnett Thomas Eisele______________

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Case 4:07-cv-00076-GTE Document 55 Filed 10/23/07 Page 1 of 1