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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

BILLY MACK NICHOLS, JR. PLAINTIFF

ADC #092713 

V. CASE NO. 5:14CV00448 BSM-JTR

SONYA PEPPERS–DAVIS, Doctor,

Tucker Maximum Security Unit, et al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

The recommended disposition submitted by United States Magistrate Judge J. Thomas

Ray has been received. No objections have been filed. After careful review, the

recommended disposition is approved and adopted in its entirety. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that: 

1. Nichols be allowed to proceed with the inadequate medical care claims raised 

in his first amended complaint [Doc. No. 25] against defendants Shock and Johnson,

and service should be ordered on both of those defendants. 

2. The inadequate medical care claims raised in the first amended complaint 

against defendants Griffin, Hughey, and Green–McDowell be dismissed without

prejudice for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

3. Nichols’s second amended complaint [Doc. No. 29] be dismissed without 

prejudice for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. 

4. Nichols’s motions to amend the complaint [Doc. Nos. 24 & 30] be denied.

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5. Nichols’s motion for preliminary injunction [Doc. No. 14] be denied. 

6. It is certified that an in forma pauperis appeal from this order would not be 

taken in good faith pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3). 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 18th day of August 2015.

 

_______________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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