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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

EL DORADO DIVISION

DEANDRE M. DISMUKE PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 1:23-cv-01067

LEROY MARTIN, Sheriff, Columbia 

County Detention Center; GEAN 

SIEGER; & JERRY MANESS DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Before the Court is a Report and Recommendation issued by the Honorable Barry A. 

Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. ECF No. 14. Judge 

Bryant recommends that: (1) Plaintiff’s individual and official capacity claims against Jerry 

Maness be dismissed without prejudice; (2) Plaintiff’s individual capacity claims against Sheriff 

Leroy Martin be dismissed without prejudice; (3) Plaintiff’s individual capacity claims against 

Gean Sieger for allegedly unconstitutional conditions of confinement and denial of proper medical 

care proceed; and (4) Plaintiff’s official capacity claims against Gean Sieger and Sheriff Leroy 

Martin for allegedly unconstitutional conditions of confinement, denial of proper medical care, 

and restricting access to “world news” should proceed.

Plaintiff has not filed an objection to the Report and Recommendation, and the time to do 

so has passed. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Upon review, finding that there is no clear error on the 

face of the record and that Judge Bryant’s reasoning is sound, the Court adopts the Report and 

Recommendation (ECF No. 14) in toto. Plaintiff’s individual and official capacity claims against 

Jerry Maness should be and hereby are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Plaintiff’s 

individual capacity claims against Sheriff Leroy Martin should be and hereby are DISMISSED 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Plaintiff’s individual capacity claims against Gean Sieger—for 

allegedly violating Plaintiff’s constitutional rights in the conditions of his confinement and 

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refusing him access to medical care—will proceed. Plaintiff’s official capacity claims against 

Gean Sieger and Sheriff Leroy Martin—for allegedly violating Plaintiff’s constitutional rights in 

the conditions of his confinement, refusing him access to medical care, and restricting his access 

to “world news”—will proceed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 25th day of September, 2023.

/s/ Susan O. Hickey 

Susan O. Hickey

Chief United States District Judge

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