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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

ROBERT E. WOODWARD PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 5:19-cv-00007-KGB

JAMES GIBSON and WENDY KELLEY DEFENDANTS

ORDER

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

Judge Beth Deere on April 10, 2019 (Dkt. No. 24). The relevant procedural history is as follows. 

On January 4, 2019, plaintiff Robert E. Woodward, proceeding pro se, filed a motion for leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis and a complaint against defendants James Gibson, Warden of the 

Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction (“ADC”), and Wendy Kelley, Director of 

the ADC (Dkt. Nos. 1, 2). On March 14, 2019, the parties jointly filed a motion to dismiss with 

prejudice (Dkt. No. 15). On March 26, 2019, Mr. Woodward filed a motion to withdraw settlement 

(Dkt. No. 18). On April 10, 2019, Judge Deere recommended that Mr. Woodward’s motion to 

withdraw settlement be denied, that the joint motion to dismiss be granted, and that this case be 

dismissed with prejudice (Dkt. No. 24). Mr. Woodward subsequently filed a motion to amend 

judgment, which the Court construes as an objection to Judge Deere’s Recommended Disposition 

(Dkt. No. 25). Mr. Woodward has also filed a reply in support of his motion to withdraw 

settlement, which the Court construes as an additional objection to Judge Deere’s Recommended 

Disposition (Dkt. No. 26). After careful review of the Recommended Disposition and Mr. 

Woodward’s objections thereto, as well as a de novo review of the record, the Court finds no reason 

to alter or reject Judge Deere’s conclusion.

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Accordingly, the Court adopts the Recommended Disposition in its entirety as this Court’s 

findings of fact and conclusions of law (Dkt. No. 24). The Court grants the parties’ joint motion 

to dismiss with prejudice and dismisses with prejudice Mr. Woodward’s complaint (Dkt. No. 15).

The Court denies as moot Mr. Woodward’s motion to withdraw settlement and motion to amend 

judgment (Dkt. Nos. 18, 25). 

It is so ordered this the 19th day of March, 2020.

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Kristine G. Baker

United States District Judge

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