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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

JONESBORO DIVISION 

ALBERT LEE McCADNEY, JR. 

v. No. 3:19-cv-313-DPM 

OLLIE COLLANS, Chief, Osceola 

Police Department, and RONNIE 

WILLIAMS, Detective, Osceola 

Police Department 

ORDER 

PLAINTIFF 

DEFENDANTS 

1. Motion to proceed in forma pauperis, NQ 1, granted. McCadney 

must pay the filing fee, but over time. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(l). The Court 

won't assess an initial partial filing fee because McCadney can't afford 

to pay one. But his custodian must collect monthly payments from 

McCadney' s prison trust account each time the amount in the account 

exceeds $10.00. These payments will be equal to twenty percent of the 

preceding month's income credited to the account; and they will be 

collected and forwarded to the Clerk of the Court until the $350.00 filing 

fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The payments forwarded on 

McCadney's behalf must be clearly identified by case name and case 

number. 

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2. The Court directs the Clerk to send a copy of this Order to the 

Administrator of the Mississippi County Detention Center, 685 North 

County Road 599, Luxora, Arkansas 72358. 

3. The Court must screen McCadney's complaint. NQ 2 & Ng 3; 

28 U.S.C. § 1915A. McCadney says he was unlawfully arrested and 

charged with burglary, theft of property, and criminal mischief. He's 

currently awaiting trial in Mississippi County, Arkansas, on those 

charges. State v. McCadney, 47OCR-19-111. 

The Court must abstain from proceeding with McCadney' s 

federal case because the criminal case is ongoing, Arkansas has an 

important interest in enforcing its criminal laws, and McCadney may 

raise his constitutional claims during his state criminal proceedings. 

Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 43-45 (1971); Mounkes v. Conklin, 922 F. 

Supp. 1501, 1510-13 (D. Kansas 1996). Further, McCadney hasn't 

alleged bad faith or extraordinary circumstances that would make 

abstention inappropriate. Tony Alamo Christian Ministries v. Selig, 664 

F.3d 1245, 1254 (8th Cir. 2012). McCadney's claims must therefore be 

put on hold until there's a final disposition of his pending state charges. 

Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. v. Stroud, 179 F.3d 598, 603-04 (8th 

Cir. 1999). 

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This case is stayed; and the Court directs the Clerk to 

administratively terminate it. McCadney can move to reopen this case 

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after final disposition of his state case, including any appeal. Any 

motion to reopen must be filed within sixty days of that final 

disposition. If McCadney doesn't file a timely motion to reopen or a 

status report by 13 November 2020, then the Court will reopen the case 

and dismiss it without prejudice. 

So Ordered. 

D .P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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