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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

JUANITA M. CRUMP-DONAHUE PLAINTIFF

v. 4:07CV00511-WRW

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEFENDANT

ORDER

A. Motion to Submit Supplements to TRO

Pending are Plaintiff’s Motions to Supplement her Motion for a Temporary Restraining

Order (Doc. Nos. 13, 14). Both motions are GRANTED, and I considered Plaintiff’s supplemental

information when reviewing her Motion for a TRO.

B. Motion for Temporary Restraining Order

Pending is Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) (Doc. No. 2). By

Order entered on June 12, 2007, Plaintiff was directed to submit third-party affidavits and any other

proof available to support her motion. Plaintiff has responded; however, the response and

supplements offer no new information that would warrant the entry of a TRO. Accordingly,

Plaintiff’s Motion is DENIED.

C. Motion to Correct Name of Case

 Also pending is Plaintiff’s Motion to Correct the Name of the Case (Doc. No. 9). Plaintiff’s

Motion is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court is directed to omit the “Department of Agriculture”

as the Defendant and replace it with “United States of America.” 

D. Motion to Recuse 

In the same motion (Doc. No. 9), Plaintiff asks that I recuse from hearing her suit. Under 

28 U.S.C. § 455(a), I must disqualify myself in proceedings where my impartiality might be

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Pope v. Federal Exp. Corp., 974 F.2d 982, 985 (8th Cir. 1992) (citing Hale v. Firestone

Tire & Rubber Co., 756 F.2d 1322, 1329 (8th Cir. 1985). 

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Id. (citing Ouachita Nat’l Bank v. Tosco Corp., 686 F.2d 1291, 1300 (8th Cir. 1982)). 

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Mattes v. ABC Plastics, Inc., 323 F.3d 365, 369 (8th Cir. 2003). 

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questioned.1

 The party seeking my recusal “carries a heavy burden of proof” because “a judge is

presumed to be impartial.”2

 I see no reason why I should disqualify myself, and Plaintiff has

presented none. I have no personal knowledge of the Plaintiff or the facts underlying her claims and

harbor no bias or prejudice. Therefore, Plaintiff’s request for recusal is DENIED.

E. Motion to Submit Supplemental Pleadings

Finally, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Submit Supplemental Pleadings (Doc. No. 12). Having

read the motion, Plaintiff seems to be asking for leave to file an Amended Complaint. The Motion

is DENIED. Instead, Plaintiff should submit a proposed Amended Complaint of no more than 40

pages incorporating the claims in her Motion to Supplement by Friday, June 22, 2007. Plaintiff

should be aware that “even the liberal standards of notice pleading require some factual allegations

that state a cause of action and put a party on notice of the claim against it.”3 In her proposed

Amended Complaint, Plaintiff should be as specific as possible in her allegations and in her

identification of the Defendants.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 19th day of June, 2007.

/s/ Wm. R. Wilson, Jr._________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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