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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

EASTERN DIVISION

DONALD F. WINNETT

ADC #139544 PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 2:16-cv-00013-KGB-BD

ALEX BRAY, et al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Partial Recommended Disposition submitted by United 

States Magistrate Judge Beth Deere (Dkt. No. 31). Plaintiff Donald F. Winnett filed objections 

to the Partial Recommended Disposition (Dkt. No. 33). After careful consideration of the Partial 

Recommended Disposition and Mr. Winnett’s objections, and a de novo review of the record, the 

Court concludes that the Partial Recommended Disposition should be, and hereby is, approved 

and adopted in its entirety as this Court’s findings in all respects (Dkt. No. 31). 

It is therefore ordered that defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted in part and denied in 

part (Dkt. No. 15). 

1. The Court denies defendants’ motion to dismiss claims under the Religious Land 

Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000cc, et seq., and the First 

Amendment. 

2. The Court denies as moot defendants’ motion to dismiss any claims under the 

Equal Protection Clause; the Court agrees with Judge Deere that plaintiff Donald Winnett did not 

raise any Equal Protection claims in his complaint (Dkt. No. 31, at 6). Mr. Winnett’s objections 

to the Partial Recommended Disposition are not sufficient to amend his complaint to include an 

Equal Protection claim. See In re Iowa Ready-Mix Concrete Antitrust Litig., 768 F.Supp.2d 961, 

976 ̶ 77 (N.D. Iowa 2011). 

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3. The Court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss claims for money damages 

against them in their official capacities.

Dated this 12th day of September, 2016.

 _______________________________

 Kristine G. Baker

 United States District Judge

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