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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 

JAMES McALPHIN 

ADC #88328 PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 5:18-cv-213-DPM-JTK 

HOLDER, Doctor, ADC, East Arkansas 

Regional Unit, et al. 

ORDER 

DEFENDANTS 

1. On de nova review, the Court adopts the partial 

recommendation, NQ 37, as modified. FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3). 

McAlphin' s objections, NQ 38, are partly sustained and partly 

overruled. The motions to dismiss, NQ 22 & NQ 28, are partly granted 

and partly denied. 

2. McAlphin may proceed with his spinal pain claims against 

Holder and Stukey. His other claims against them are dismissed 

without prejudice. 

3. McAlphin' s claims against Mansfield, Bland, and Woods are 

dismissed without prejudice. McAlphin says in his objections that 

Bland and Woods were involved in the allegedly improper care for his 

spinal pain, too. If that is the case, though, then he needs to request 

permission to amend his complaint to make that clear. 

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4. The modification: McAlphin may proceed with his spinal pain 

claims against Correct Care Solutions. McAlphin says that he is suing 

CCS "due to custom and policy of neglect amounting to a deliberate 

indifference to serious medical needs of inmates evidenced by multiple 

incidences of denied, delayed and/ or inadequate treatment." NQ 6 at 4. 

Whether McAlphin can prove up this claim remains to be seen. But at 

this stage, his allegations are sufficient to state a claim against CCS that 

goes beyond a respondeat superior theory. Cf Johnson v. Douglas County 

Medical Department, 725 F.3d 825, 828 (8th Cir. 2013). McAlphin may 

therefore proceed with his spinal pain claim against CCS, too. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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