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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-00048-KGB

WENDY KELLEY, et al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

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

Judge Beth Deere on April 10, 2019 (Dkt. No. 18). The relevant procedural history is as follows. 

On January 30, 2019, plaintiff Robert E. Woodard filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis and a pro se civil rights complaint (Dkt. Nos. 1, 2). On March 14, 2019, the parties 

jointly filed a motion to dismiss with prejudice (Dkt. No. 13). On March 26, 2019, Mr. Woodward 

filed a motion to withdraw settlement (Dkt. No. 16). 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. 18). Mr. Woodward 

subsequently filed a motion to amend judgment, which the Court construes as an objection to Judge 

Deere’s Recommended Disposition (Dkt. No. 22). Mr. Woodward has also filed three addendums 

to his motion to withdraw settlement agreement and a reply in support of his motion to withdraw 

settlement agreement, which the Court construes as additional objections to Judge Deere’s 

Recommended Disposition (Dkt. Nos. 19–21, 23). 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.

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

findings of fact and conclusions of law (Dkt. No. 18). The Court grants the parties’ joint motion 

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to dismiss with prejudice and dismisses with prejudice Mr. Woodard’s complaint (Dkt. No. 13).

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

judgment (Dkt. Nos. 16, 22). 

It is so ordered this 9th day of March, 2020.

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Kristine G. Baker

United States District Judge

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