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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

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

HARRISON DIVISION

JOSE M. CORALES PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 05-3058

OFFICER MIKE JONES, Individually

and in his official capacity as

Deputy Sheriff of Baxter County,

Arkansas, et al. DEFENDANTS

O R D E R

Now on this 5th day of July, 2006, comes on to be considered

defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 2). The Court, being well and

sufficiently advised, finds and orders as follows with respect

thereto:

1. Plaintiff filed this suit on October 26, 2005, alleging

that on November 20, 2002, he was beaten severely by several other

inmates in the Baxter County jail. Plaintiff names as defendants

Baxter County Sheriff Joe Edmunds and Deputy Sheriff Mike Jones,

in both their individual and official capacities. 

2. Defendants move to dismiss plaintiff’s official capacity

claims, asserting that they are barred by the statute of

limitations.

3. “[A]ll actions against sheriffs ... upon any liability

incurred by them by doing any act in their official capacity ...

shall be brought within two (2) years after the cause of action

has accrued and not thereafter.” Ark. Code Ann. § 16-56-109.

This statute is applicable to deputy sheriffs as well as sheriffs.

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See Brown v. U.S., 342 F. Supp 987 (E.D. Ark. 1972), aff’d in

relevant part, rev’d in part, 486 F.2d 284 (8 Cir. 1973). th

4. Plaintiff did not institute this action until nearly

three years after the alleged events occurred. Accordingly,

plaintiff’s claims against defendants in their official capacities

are time-barred.

Based on the foregoing, defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc.

2) is GRANTED and plaintiff’s claims against defendants Jones and

Edmunds in their official capacities are hereby DISMISSED.

Plaintiff’s claims against defendants Jones and Edmunds in their

individual capacities and against Baxter County remain pending and

a scheduling order will issue setting these claims for trial. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

/S/JIMM LARRY HENDREN 

JIMM LARRY HENDREN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

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