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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

CENTRAL DIVISION

ASIA SHABAZZ PLAINTIFF

V. No. 4:24-cv-879-DPM

CLARSHUN BEUAH; MAURICE

CRAWFORD; JAY PAUL COLEMAN,

Lawyer for Little Rock; LITTLE ROCK

POLICE DEPARTMENT, Police

Department; DOES, Circuit Court, Public

Servants, Prosecuting Attorney's Office,

Prosecutors; USA, Government Public

Servants; CASEY R. TUCKER, Judge, 2nd

Division Circuit; MELANIE MARTIN,

Judge, District Court; DEPARTMENT OF

HUMAN SERVICES, Social Workers,

Food Snap Division; PRICE, Doctor,

Centers for Youth & Families; LINNIE

GEORGE; NYA HAMILTON; BATEY,

Probation Officer; and KIAVNNA

JONES, Little Rock Housing Authority

Metro DEFENDANTS

ORDER

1. Shabazz's application to proceed informa pauperis is granted

for good cause.

2. Shabazz's motion to correct the spelling of Clarshun Beyah's

name is granted. So is her motion to correct the spelling of K'iavnna

Jones's name. The Court directs the Clerk to update the docket sheet.

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3. The Court must screen Shabazz's complaint. 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(e)(2). The Court has also reviewed her recent notice, Doc. 6,

which contains information about other individuals (Circuit Judge

Shawn Johnson, Mansur Shabazz, and Betty, the grandmother of

Shabazz's husband) who are not named defendants. The Court regrets

its delay in screening her complaint. Her motion for a ruling is granted.

In May 2024, the Pulaski County Circuit Court found Shabazz's

husband, Malik Shabazz, mentally incapacitated. It appointed

Mr. Shabazz's parents temporary (and later permanent) guardians of

his person. In re Guardianship ofMalik-Abdullah Shabazz, 6OPR-23-2516

(Pulaski County). A divorce proceeding between Mr. and Mrs. Shabazz

is also pending. Shabazz v. Shabazz, 6ODR-24-657 (Pulaski County).

Mrs. Shabazz has sued many individuals here, including her

mother-in-law, Clarshun Beyah. She alleges that these individuals

unlawfully interfered with her marriage in violation of her First and

Fourteenth Amendment rights. Doc. 2. She also brings claims under

HIPPA, the ADA, and state tort law. Shabazz seeks $3.5 million in

damages.

Shabazz's complaint, exhibits, and notice are voluminous, but her

allegations are conclusory and fail to state a claim. Ashcroft v. Iqbal,

556 U.S. 662, 676 (2009). She has not explained why she's suing

K'iavnna Jones, Probation Officer Batey, Judge Martin, or the Doe

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defendants. Those defendants are therefore dismissed without

prejudice. Her remaining claims fail as a matter of law.

 ̄ Shabazz hasn't alleged a conspiracy between the private

actors-Beyah, Crawford, Coleman, Price, George, and

Hamilton- and any state officials. Her § 1983 claims against

these individuals therefore fail. Dossett v. First State Bank,

399 F.3d 940, 951 (8th Cir. 2005).

 ̄ The Little Rock Police Department is not an entity that can

be sued under § 1983. Ketchum v. City of West Memphis,

974 F.2d 81, 82 (8th Cir. 1992).

 ̄ Judge Tucker is immune from suit for actions taken in her

judicial capacity and within her jurisdiction. Justice Network

Inc. v. Craighead County, 931 F.3d 753, 759-62 (8th Cir. 2019).

She acted within her judicial capacity when she appointed

Mr. Shabazz's parents as his guardians. See ARK. CODE ANN.

§ 28-65-214. And she acted within her jurisdiction when she

did so. Baptist Health Medical Center v. First Community Bank

of Batesville, 2017 Ark. App. 671, at 4-5, 537 S.W.3d 760, 763.

To the extent Shabazz presses claims against Judge Martin

based on her various orders of protection, State v. Shabazz,

LRCR-24-932 (Little Rock District Court), Judge Martin is

also immune for the same reasons. See ARK. CODE ANN.

§ 9-15-206 & 207 (judicial capacity); Borland v. Borland, 2021

Ark. App. 448, at 3-4, 638 S.W.3d 308, 311-12 (jurisdiction).

 ̄ Shabazz's claims against the United States are barred by

Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity. Department of

Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz,

601 U.S. 42, 48 (2024).

 ̄ Neither the guardianship case nor the divorce case may be

addressed in federal court. Kahn v. Kahn, 21 F.3d 859, 861

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(8th Cir. 1994). Those are matters within the state court's

jurisdiction.

 ̄ HIPPA does not create a private right of action. Dodd v.

Jones, 623 F.3d 563, 569 (8th Cir. 2010).

 ̄ Shabazz's ADA claims fail because she has not explained

how that statute applies to her situation. Gorman v. Bartch,

152 F.3d 907, 911 (8th Cir. 1998). And she lacks standing to

bring an ADA claim on her husband's behalf because she

has not alleged an injury that is "causally related to the

denial of [his] federally required services . . .." Durand v.

Fairview Health Services, 902 F.3d 836, 843-44 (8th Cir. 2018).

In the absence of any federal question, the Court declines to

exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Shabazz's state law claims.

28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3); McManemy v. Tierney, 970 F.3d 1034, 1040-41

(8th Cir. 2020).

Motions, Docs. TI, 3, 4, & 5, granted. Shabazz's complaint will be

dismissed without prejudice for the reasons specified.

So Ordered.

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D.P. Marshall Jr.

United States District Judge

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