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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

GARRETT CHAMBLIS

ADC #159706 PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 5:17-cv-000254-KGB/JTR

E. BLAND, APN, 

Varner Super Max Unit, ADC, et al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Recommended Disposition submitted by United States 

Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray (Dkt. No. 102). Plaintiff Garrett Chamblis has not filed 

objections, and the time to file objections has passed. After careful consideration of the 

Recommended Disposition, the Court concludes that the Recommended Disposition should be 

approved and adopted in its entirety as this Court’s findings in all respects (Id.). Consistent with 

the Recommended Disposition, the Court grants, in part, and denies, in part, the motion for 

summary judgment filed by defendants Dr. Ronald Stukey, Patrick Drummond, Estella Bland, 

Geraldine Campbell, and Amanda Rose Sackett (Dkt. No. 87). 

The Court previously adopted Judge Ray’s Partial Recommended Disposition (Dkt. Nos. 

81, 83). In doing so, the Court granted summary judgment and dismissed without prejudice Mr.

Chamblis’s constitutional claims against separate defendants Dr. Stukey, Mr. Drummond, Ms. 

Campbell, and Ms. Sackett because Mr. Chamblis failed to exhaust his administrative remedies on 

those claims (Id.). Thus, Mr. Chamblis’s only remaining constitutional claim alleges that Ms. 

Bland was deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs related to his upper arm and 

shoulder injuries between May 18, 2017, and August 29, 2017 (Dkt. Nos. 2, at 15, 17-18; 102, at 

2). Mr. Chamblis’s state law medical malpractice and negligence claims remain pending against 

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all five defendants (Dkt. Nos. 2, at 18-19; 102, at 3). Judge Ray recommends granting defendants’ 

motion for summary judgment on the constitutional claim asserted against Ms. Bland and declining 

to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Mr. Chamblis’s pendent state law claims (Dkt. No. 102, 

at 3). Accordingly, after careful consideration, the Court concludes that the Recommended 

Disposition should be, and hereby is, approved and adopted in its entirety as this Court’s findings 

in all respects (Dkt. No. 102). The Court grants defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the 

constitutional claim asserted against Ms. Bland and declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction

over Mr. Chamblis’s pendent state law claims (Id.).

It is therefore ordered that:

1. The Court grants, in part, defendants’ motion for summary judgment as it pertains 

to Mr. Chamblis’s sole remaining constitutional claim that Ms. Bland provided inadequate medical 

care (Dkt. No. 87);

2. The Court dismisses with prejudice Mr. Chamblis’s constitutional claim against 

Ms. Bland (Dkt. No. 2);

3. The Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Mr. Chamblis’s 

remaining state law claims against defendants and dismisses those claims without prejudice (Id.); 

and

4. The Court certifies that an in forma pauperis appeal from this Order and 

accompanying Judgment would not be taken in good faith.

It is so ordered this 17th day of March, 2020.

 _______________________________

 Kristine G. Baker

 United States District Judge

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