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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 

JONESBORO DIVISION 

MELVIN JOHNSON, JR. 

ADC #112882 

v. No. 3:14-cv-300-DPM-JJV 

LUTHER WHITFIELD, Lieutenant, Mississippi 

County Detention Center; OCT A VIOUS BAILEY, 

Jailer, Mississippi County Detention Center; DALE 

COOK, Sheriff, Mississippi County Detention Center; 

and JANE DOE, Nurse "Kristy," Mississippi County 

PLAINTIFF 

Detention Center DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

1. On de novo review, the Court partly adopts and partly declines the 

recommendation, NQ 4. Johnson's post-recommendation filings make things 

clearer. 

2. As recommended, Cook is dismissed as a defendant without 

prejudice. Hughes v. Stottlemyre, 454 F.3d 791, 798 (8th Cir. 2006). 

3. Johnson has now stated a plausible failure-to-protect claim against 

Bailey and Whitfield. The case can proceed against them. The Court grants 

Johnson's motion for leave to amend, NQ 11, and directs the Clerk to make NQ 

11 the amended complaint. Magistrate Judge Volpe will handle the service 

Issues. 

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4. Johnson's motion to add defendants, NQ 6, is denied. The Mississippi 

County Detention Center is not an entity that can be sued. And Johnson 

hasn't stated sufficient facts about any of the proposed defendants to make 

a claim. 

5. The Court grants Johnson's request to voluntarily dismiss his claim 

without prejudice against Defendant Doe. 

6. Johnson's motion for production, NQ 5, is denied without prejudice. 

Any needed discovery will be overseen by Judge Volpe after the defendants 

have been served and responded. 

* * * 

Recommendation, NQ 4, partly adopted and partly declined. Cook and 

Doe are no longer defendants. Motions, NQ 5 & 6, denied. The case will 

proceed on NQ 11 as the amended complaint. Case returned to Judge Volpe 

for further proceedings. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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