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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

HARRISON DIVISION

ROSE L. FREEMAN AND JOHN SCOTT PLAINTIFFS

v. Civil No. 06-3009

RON KINCADE, In his Official Capacity

as Boone County, Arkansas, Prosecutor

and in his Personal Capacity;

WES BRADFORD, In his Official Capacity

as Boone County, Arkansas, Deputy

Prosecutor and in his Personal Capacity;

DANNY HICKMAN, In his Official Capacity

as Boone County, Arkansas, Sheriff and

in his Personal Capacity;

JAMES D. WESSELLS, In his Official Capacity

as Boone County, Arkansas, Deputy Sheriff/

Investigator and in his Personal Capacity;

JAMES L. WHITE, In his Professional Capacity

as Harrison Arkansas Daily Times Staff and

in his Personal Capacity;

D. JEFF CHRISTENSON, In his Professional

Capacity as Harrison Arkansas Daily Times

Publisher and in his Personal Capacity DEFENDANTS

O R D E R

Now on this 19th day of October, 2006, comes on for

consideration Plaintiffs’ Motion To Strike Defendants Out Of Time

Filings Identified As Documents #38, 39, And 40 (document #41). 

Plaintiffs ask the Court to strike the Motion For Summary

Judgment filed by separate defendants Hickman and Wessels because it

was filed two days after the deadline for such motions established

in the Final Scheduling Order. The Court declines to strike this

motion, finding it only one day late by the rules of counting time

as set forth in F.R.C.P. 6, in that October 8, 2006 (the deadline

for filing dispositive motions), fell on a Sunday. No prejudice to

plaintiffs could possibly accrue because of this brief delay, and if

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defendants’ motion should prove to have merit, a trial as to the

issues therein raised, with its attendant expenses, could be

avoided. Thus it behooves this Court to take up defendants’ motion

on its merits. Plaintiffs’ motion will, therefore, be denied, and

plaintiffs will be allowed ten (10) days from the date of this Order

to respond to the Motion For Summary Judgment.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion To Strike

Defendants Out Of Time Filings Identified As Documents #38, 39, And

40 (document #41) is denied.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiffs are allowed ten (10) days

from the date of this Order to respond to the Motion For Summary

Judgment of separate defendants Hickman and Wessels.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 /s/ Jimm Larry Hendren 

JIMM LARRY HENDREN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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