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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 

PINE BLUFF DIVISION 

KENNETH RAY PITTS 

ADC #085938 PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 5:19-cv-297-DPM-JTK 

THOMPSON, Nurse; 

and MERRILL, Nurse 

ORDER 

DEFENDANTS 

Objection, NQ 24, overruled. Magistrate Judge Kearney did not 

clearly err or misapply the law in denying Pitts' s request to add Thomas 

as a Defendant. FED. R. CIV. P. 72(a). As Magistrate Judge Kearney 

explained, if Pitts wants to pursue claims about interference with his 

mail, then he must do so in a separate lawsuit after exhausting his 

administrative remedies. NQ 13 at 2. 

So Ordered. 

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D .P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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