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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

JOE D. SMOTHERS PLAINTIFF

v. NO. 4:07CV00679 SWW

LARRY NORRIS, individually and in his official DEFENDANTS

capacity as the Director of the Arkansas

Department of Correction; JUDGE JOHN LANGSTON,

individually and in his official capacity as a 

Circuit Judge for Pulaski County, Arkansas;

RANDY JOHNSON, individually and in his

official capacity as the Sheriff of Pulaski County,

Arkansas; and PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS

ORDER

The Court has received findings and a recommendation from Magistrate Judge H. David

Young. After a careful review of the findings and recommendation, the timely objections received

thereto, and a de novo review of the record, the Court concludes that the findings and

recommendation should be, and hereby are, approved and adopted in their entirety as this Court’s

findings in all respects. Service of process is not ordered, and the complaint filed by Joe D.

Smothers is dismissed without prejudice. His complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may

be granted because Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), forecloses his claim to the extent he

seeks damages and because he additionally seeks a type of relief more appropriately sought in a

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proceeding pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2254. Judgment will be entered for all of the defendants.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 26th day of November, 2007.

/s/Susan Webber Wright

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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