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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FORT SMITH DIVISION

AIDEN JONES PLAINTIFF

V. CASE NO. 2:24-CV-2060

HEATHER PATTON (Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney); 

JEFFREY WAYNE PHILLIPS (Deputy Prosecuting Attorney); 

CAROL COLLINS (Deputy Prosecuting Attorney); 

STEVEN G. HIGGINS (Deputy Prosecuting Attorney) DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Currently before the Court is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) (Doc. 31) 

of the Honorable Mark E. Ford, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District 

of Arkansas, filed in this case on November 7, 2024, regarding Plaintiff Aiden Jones’s 

Motion for Leave to Appeal in forma pauperis (Doc. 30). After careful review of the R&R, 

Plaintiff’s objections (Doc. 32), and a de novo review of the record, the Court finds that 

the objections are OVERRULED; the offer neither law nor fact requiring departure from 

the Magistrate Judge’s findings. Accordingly, the R&R is ADOPTED IN FULL. Plaintiff’s 

lawsuit was dismissed because his allegations failed to state a plausible claim or were 

based on an ongoing state criminal case. As such, Plaintiff’s appeal is frivolous and, 

therefore, not taken in good faith.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion (Doc. 30) is DENIED. Plaintiff is free 

to renew his request with the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Appellate Procedure 24(a)(5). 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 9th day of December, 2024.

/s/ Timothy L. Brooks 

TIMOTHY L. BROOKS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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