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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 

ROY HUDSON 

ADC #156270 

v. No. 1:16-cv-91-DPM-PSH 

REICHARD, Doctor, Grimes Unit; 

SIMMIONS, APN, Grimes Unit; 

PLAINTIFF 

CHARLES LIGGETT, Doctor, Ouchita 

River Unit; GATLIN, Ms, Grimes Unit; and 

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTION, Grimes Unit DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

Unopposed recommendation, NQ 7, adopted as supplemented. FED. R. 

CIV. P. 72(b) (1983 addition to advisory committee notes). The Arkansas 

Department of Correction isn't a" person" subject to suit under§ 1983. Brown 

v. Missouri Department of Corrections, 353 F.3d 1038, 1041 (8th Cir. 2004) (per 

curiam). Hudson's claims against the ADC are dismissed with prejudice. An 

in forma pauperis appeal from this Order would not be taken in good faith. 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3). This case is returned to Magistrate Judge Harris for 

further proceedings. 

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So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

JO Av'Pst ~1"1 

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