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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 

EASTERN DIVISION 

ANTWAN TATUM 

v. No. 2:13-cv-151-DPM-BD 

PLAINTIFF 

BRYANT PHILLIPS, Officer, EARU, ADC DEFENDANT 

ORDER 

1. The Court withdraws the reference. 

2. Before the Court can rule on qualified immunity, a jury must decide 

(1) whether Phillips knew that Mitchell posed a substantial risk to Tatum, and 

if so, (2) whether Phillips deliberately disregarded that risk when he opened 

Tatum's cell for Mitchell. Nelson v. Shuffrnan, 603 F.3d 439, 446 (8th Cir. 2010). 

The record still doesn't answer these questions as a matter of law. Compare 

NQ 170-6, with NQ 173-2. The Court continues to agree with Magistrate Judge 

Ray's analysis earlier in the case: one reasonable inference from the internal 

investigation circumstances is that Phillips knew that there was a real risk 

Mitchell would end up harming Tatum. NQ 156. A jury must evaluate 

Phillips's and Tatum's credibility and draw inferences to discern the truth. 

Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986). Phillips's second 

motion for summary judgment, NQ 170, is therefore denied. 

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3. This case is first out for trial on 11 October 2016. The Court 

eliminates responding trial briefs and adds a request for stipulations on 

background facts. Please submit any stipulation with proposed jury 

instructions. The Court will hold a one-hour pretrial on 20 September 2016 

at9:00 a.m. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall J . 

United State District Judge 

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