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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 

PATRICK L. SHERMAN, 

ADC #96304 PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 5:13-cv-346-DPM 

JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS DEFENDANT 

ORDER 

Post-judgment motions, Ng 10 & 11, granted as to conclusions of law 

and denied as to findings of fact. The constitutionality of the three-strikes 

provision is well-established. Higgins v. Carpenter, 258 F.3d 797,799-801 (8th 

Cir. 2001) (per curiam); Pointer v. Wilkinson, 502 F.3d 369,377-78, n.9 (6th Cir. 

2007). This is a matter of law, not fact. No hearing is needed, or required, to 

address this kind of legal issue. No findings of fact are called for. A 

Magistrate Judge may rule on non-dispositive legal issues. 28 U.S.C. § 

636(b)(1); Local Rule 72.1. 

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So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

7 January 2014 

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