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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 

DELTA DIVISION 

STEVEN PINDER 

ADC #123397 

v. No. 2:20-cv-47-DPM-JJV 

GREG REICHQL, Health Services 

Administrator, EARU, et al. 

ORDER 

PLAINTIFF 

DEFENDANTS 

On de nova review, the Court adopts the partial recommendation, 

Doc. 18, as modified and overrules Pinder's objections, Doc. 22. FED. R. 

CIV. P. 72(b)(3). Pinder may proceed with his glaucoma-related claims 

against Bennett, Reichql, James Kelley, and Griffin. Pinder argues that 

his glaucoma claims extend to other defendants as well. But his blanket 

invocation of "the medical defendants" is insufficient to explain how 

and when each defendant allegedly violated his rights. His objection 

on this point is therefore overruled. 

The modification: Pinder' s claims that Bennett denied him proper 

medical care for his diabetes and stomach ulcers are properly joined in 

this lawsuit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 18(a). Doc. 12 at 

,r,r 28 & 35. But those claims don't pass screening. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 

On the diabetes claim, Pinder alleges that Bennett refused to renew a 

Trental prescription. Pinder acknowledges, though, that Nurse Bennett 

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refused to do so because Dr. Kerstien had discontinued the medication. 

Bennett's refusal to override the doctor's orders does not state a 

plausible claim of deliberate indifference or malpractice. That claim is 

therefore dismissed without prejudice. On the claim about Bennett's 

care for Pinder' s stomach issues, there aren't enough facts for the Court 

to conclude that Pinder is currently in imminent danger of serious 

physical injury based on this single encounter. Doc. 12 at ,r 35; 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(g). That claim is therefore dismissed without prejudice, too. 

Pinder's glaucoma-related claims against Bennett, Reichql, James 

Kelley, and Griffin go forward. All other claims and defendants are 

dismissed without prejudice. 

So Ordered. 

D .P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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