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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 

JERRY KERR 

ADC #138631 

v. No. 5:16-cv-243-DPM-JTR 

PLAINTIFF 

JARED BYERS, Assistant Deputy Warden, 

Cummins Unit; JAROD BYRD, Doctor, 

Cummins Unit; WILLIAM STRAUGHN, 

Head Warden, Cummins Unit; and ESTELLA 

BLAND, Nurse Practitioner, Cummins Unit DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

Unopposed partial recommendation, NQ 22, adopted. FED. R. CIV. P. 

72(b) (1983 addition to advisory committee notes). Kerr's Fourteenth 

Amendment claims are dismissed without prejudice for failure to state a 

claim. The motion to dismiss, NQ 9, is granted in part and denied in part: 

Kerr's Eighth Amendment claims for damages against Byers and Straughn, 

in their official capacities, are dismissed with prejudice; but Kerr's remaining 

Eighth Amendment claims against them may proceed. 

So Ordered. 

i D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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