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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

NORTHERN DIVISION

MARK MORRIS, 

ADC #156949 PLAINTIFF

1:14CV00078-JLH-JTK

MALVERN DIAGNOSTIC CENTER, et al. DEFENDANTS

PROPOSED FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

INSTRUCTIONS

The following recommended disposition has been sent to United States District Judge J.

Leon Holmes. Any party may serve and file written objections to this recommendation. Objections

should be specific and should include the factual or legal basis for the objection. If the objection

is to a factual finding, specifically identify that finding and the evidence that supports your

objection. An original and one copy of your objections must be received in the office of the United

States District Court Clerk no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of the findings and

recommendations. The copy will be furnished to the opposing party. Failure to file timely

objections may result in waiver of the right to appeal questions of fact.

If you are objecting to the recommendation and also desire to submit new, different, or

additional evidence, and to have a hearing for this purpose before the District Judge, you must, at

the same time that you file your written objections, include the following:

1. Why the record made before the Magistrate Judge is inadequate.

2. Why the evidence proffered at the hearing before the District Judge (if such a

hearing is granted) was not offered at the hearing before the Magistrate Judge. 

 

3. The detail of any testimony desired to be introduced at the hearing before the

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District Judge in the form of an offer of proof, and a copy, or the original, of any documentary or

other non-testimonial evidence desired to be introduced at the hearing before the District Judge.

From this submission, the District Judge will determine the necessity for an additional

evidentiary hearing, either before the Magistrate Judge or before the District Judge.

Mail your objections and “Statement of Necessity” to:

Clerk, United States District Court

Eastern District of Arkansas

600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A149

Little Rock, AR 72201-3325

DISPOSITION

Plaintiff Mark Morris is a state inmate incarcerated at the Grimes Unit of the Arkansas

Department of Correction (ADC). He filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging

deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights.

(Doc. No. 2.)1

Named Defendants Malvern Diagnostic Center, Ouachita River Unit, and Ray Hobbs were

dismissed on September 9, 2014 (Doc. No. 18). Defendants Kiker and Pickering were dismissed

on December 9, 2014 (Doc. No. 28), and Defendant Weekly was dismissed on September 1, 2015

(Doc. No. 39). 

While Plaintiff named unknown individuals as Defendants in his Original Complaint (“Does,

Medical Staff”)(Doc. No. 2), it appears that these individuals were later identified in the two

Amended Complaints he subsequently filed (Doc. Nos. 5, 8). Therefore, since all Plaintiff’s claims

against all named Defendants have been dismissed, as mentioned above, the Court finds that this

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Plaintiff subsequently filed Amended Complaints (Doc. Nos. 5, 8).

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action should be dismissed. 

IT IS, THEREFORE, RECOMMENDED that Plaintiff’s Complaint against Defendants be

DISMISSED.

IT IS SO RECOMMENDED this 9th day of September, 2015.

_____________________________________

JEROME T. KEARNEY 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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