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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 

DELTA DIVISION 

TIERRE MOORE PLAINTIFF 

Reg. #16431-028 

V. NO. 2:22-cv-00067-KGB-ERE 

BRUCE, et al. DEFENDANTS 

RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION

I. Procedure for Filing Objections: 

 This Recommendation for the dismissal of Mr. Moore’s claims has been sent 

to United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker. You may file written objections 

to all or part of this Recommendation. Any objections filed must: (1) specifically 

explain the factual and/or legal basis for the objection; and (2) be received by the 

Clerk of this Court within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Recommendation. If 

no objections are filed, Judge Baker may adopt this Recommendation without 

independently reviewing all of the evidence in the record. By not objecting, you may 

waive the right to appeal questions of fact. 

II. Discussion: 

On April 25, 2022, Plaintiff Tierre Moore, a federal inmate incarcerated at the 

Federal Correctional Institution in Forrest City, Arkansas (“FCI-FC”), filed this civil 

rights lawsuit pro se. Doc. 1. Because Mr. Moore alleged that federal actors, rather 

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than state actors, violated his constitutional rights, he properly brought his 

constitutional claims under Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), 

rather than 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1

 The Court previously allowed Mr. Moore to bring his 

deliberate indifference claim against the unknown nurse employed by FCI-FC in this 

lawsuit, but severed Mr. Moore’s remaining claims based on events that occurred in 

Oklahoma.2 Doc. 2. 

 With his initial filing, Mr. Moore failed to provide a completed application 

for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), including a jail account information 

sheet signed by an authorized official; nor did he pay a filing fee. Accordingly, on 

April 26, 2022, the Court directed the Clerk of Court to send Mr. Moore an IFP 

application and ordered him to either: (1) return a completed IFP application, along 

with a jail account information sheet; or (2) pay the $402.00 filing fee. Doc. 3. The 

Court’s Order specifically warned Mr. Moore that his failure to comply within 30 

days would likely result in the dismissal of this lawsuit. Id. 

1 In Bivens, the Supreme Court authorized an implicit cause of action for prisoners to bring 

certain civil rights lawsuits for damages against federal officials. “An action under Bivens is almost 

identical to an action under section 1983, except that the former is maintained against federal 

officials while the latter is against state officials.” Gordon v. Hansen, 168 F.3d 1109, 1113 (8th 

Cir. 1999). 

2

 In his complaint, Mr. Moore alleged that, on February 15, 2022, he was involved in a bus 

accident while being transported from a federal detainee transit center in Oklahoma. Mr. Moore 

explains that he believes that the driver of the bus struck a deer, bringing the bus to a halt. He sued: 

(1) Bruce, an employee of the Federal Transit Center in Oklahoma; (2) an unknown federal agent 

employed by the Federal Transit Center in Oklahoma; and (3) an unknown nurse employed by 

FCI-FC. 

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 To date, Mr. Moore has not addressed the filing-fee requirement, and the time 

to do so has passed. 

III. Conclusion:

The Court recommends that Mr. Moore’s claims be DISMISSED, without 

prejudice, based on his failure to: (1) comply with the Court’s April 26, 2022 Order; 

(2) submit a completed IFP form or pay the filing fee; and (3) prosecute this lawsuit. 

Dated this 27th day of May, 2022.

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 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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