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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FORT SMITH DIVISION

AIDEN JONES PLAINTIFF

v. No. 2:24-CV-02060 

HEATHER PATTON, 

JEFFEREY WAYNE PHILLIPS,

CAROL COLLINS, and

STEVEN G. HIGGINS DEFENDANTS

ORDER

The Court has received a report and recommendation (Doc. 12) from United States 

Magistrate Judge Mark E. Ford. Plaintiff has filed objections (Doc. 13). The Court has reviewed 

the report and recommendation de novo. The Magistrate recommends that Plaintiff’s claims under 

42 U.S.C. § 1983 as to state cases 36CV-33 and 36DR-23-256 in Johnson County, Arkansas be 

dismissed for failure to state any plausible claims, and that his claims based on ongoing state 

criminal cases be dismissed under the Younger abstention doctrine. Norwood v. Dickey, 409 F.3d 

901, 903 (8th Cir. 2005). Plaintiff’s objections largely reiterate his case and address its merits but

offer neither law nor fact to overcome the requirement of Younger abstention doctrine. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the report and recommendation (Doc. 12) 

is ADOPTED IN FULL, and this case is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Judgment 

will be entered separately. 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 19th day of August 2024. 

/s/P. K. Holmes, ΙΙΙ

P.K. HOLMES, III

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

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