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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 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

JEFFREY SMITH, 

ADC #109695 PLAINTIFF 

v. 1:19-cv-00008-KGB-JJV 

WENDY KELLEY, Director, 

Arkansas Department of Correction; et al. DEFENDANTS 

PROPOSED FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

INSTRUCTIONS 

The following recommended disposition has been sent to United States District Judge 

Kristine G. Baker. Any party may serve and file written objections to this recommendation. 

Objections should be specific and should include the factual or legal basis for the objection. If the 

objection is to a factual finding, specifically identify that finding and the evidence that supports 

your objection. An original and one copy of your objections must be received in the office of the 

United States District Court Clerk no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of the findings 

and recommendations. The copy will be furnished to the opposing party. Failure to file timely 

objections may result in waiver of the right to appeal questions of fact. 

 If you are objecting to the recommendation and also desire to submit new, different, or 

additional evidence, and to have a hearing for this purpose before the District Judge, you must, at 

the same time that you file your written objections, include the following: 

 1. Why the record made before the Magistrate Judge is inadequate. 

 2. Why the evidence proffered at the hearing (if such a hearing is granted) was not 

offered at the hearing before the Magistrate Judge. 

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 3. The details of any testimony desired to be introduced at the new hearing in the form 

of an offer of proof, and a copy, or the original, of any documentary or other non-testimonial 

evidence desired to be introduced at the new hearing. 

 From this submission, the District Judge will determine the necessity for an additional 

evidentiary hearing. Mail your objections and “Statement of Necessity” to: 

Clerk, United States District Court 

Eastern District of Arkansas 

600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A149 

Little Rock, AR 72201-3325 

DISPOSITION 

 Jeffrey Smith (“Plaintiff”), who is incarcerated at the Grimes Unit of the Arkansas 

Department of Correction (“ADC”), has filed this action pro se pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

(Doc. No. 2.) On January 15, 2019, I denied Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed Without 

Prepayment of Fees and Affidavit because he is a three-striker, as defined by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), 

who is not in imminent danger of serious physical injury. (Doc. No. 3.) I ordered Plaintiff to 

submit the statutory filing fee of $400 within twenty-one (21) days and warned him I would 

recommend dismissal if he failed to timely do so. (Id. at 2.) The deadline has now passed, and 

Plaintiff has not paid the filing fee or otherwise responded to my Order. 

 Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Complaint should be dismissed without prejudice. If Plaintiff 

wishes to proceed with this action, he must submit the full filing fee with his objections to this 

recommendation. 

 IT IS, THEREFORE, RECOMMENDED that: 

 1. Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. No. 2) be DISMISSED without prejudice. 

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 2. The Court certify, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an in forma pauperis 

appeal from any Order adopting this Recommendation and the accompanying Judgment would not 

be taken in good faith. 

 DATED this 8th day of February 2019. 

 ____________________________________ 

 JOE J. VOLPE 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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