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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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(Rev. 8/82)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FORT SMITH DIVISION

DUNCAN J. McNEIL, III PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 05-2119

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and 

Its Officers and Agencies; CLERK,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,

Western District of Arkansas;

CLERK, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY

COURT, Western District of Arkansas;

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Western

District of Arkansas; OFFICE OF THE

UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, Western

District of Arkansas; UNITED STATES

MARSHAL SERVICE, Western District of

Arkansas; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,

Western District of Arkansas; SECRET

SERVICE, Western District of Arkansas

and their officers; and ALL JUDGMENT

DEBTORS UNDER THE FOREIGN JUDGMENTS

residing in, or doing business in, this

district, fictitiously named as Doe 1

to Doe 500 DEFENDANTS

O R D E R

Now on this 6th day of October, 2005, come on for

consideration the following:

* the Report And Recommendation Of The Magistrate

Judge (“R&R”)(document #6); 

* plaintiff’s Ex Parte Motion To Amend Complaint

(document #7); 

* plaintiff’s Ex Parte Motion (document #8); and

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* plaintiff’s Ex Parte Motion (document #9),

and the Court, having carefully reviewed all said documents,

finds and orders as follows:

1. As outlined in the R&R, in this case plaintiff

asserts an unwieldy mixture of multiple claims against

virtually the full spectrum of the judicial and law

enforcement machinery of the federal government in the Western

District of Arkansas. The claims asserted have no perceptible

relationship to the named defendants, and only the most

tenuous of connections to the John Doe defendants. 

2. The Magistrate Judge reported that plaintiff has

more than three strikes against him, as defined by 28 U.S.C.

§1915(g), and recommended that his in forma pauperis status 

be revoked. The subsequent filings by plaintiff, to the

extent that they can be read as objections to the R&R, offer

nothing which would cause the Court to find fault with this

recommendation, and it will be adopted.

3. The Magistrate Judge also reported that the claims

as asserted in the Complaint and Amended Complaint are

frivolous, and recommended that they be dismissed, taking some

pains to offer a variety of reasons to support this

recommendation. Plaintiff has offered nothing which fairly

meets the substance of any of these reasons. The Court

therefore finds that the recommendation that plaintiff’s

claims be dismissed should be adopted.

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4. Finally, the Magistrate Judge recommended that the

Clerk be directed to collect the filing fee in this matter as

provided in the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The Court also

finds that recommendation sound.

5. The Court finds no basis to allow plaintiff to

further amend his Complaint and Amended Complaint, inasmuch as

the documents submitted in support of his various requests to

do so appear no less frivolous than the Complaint and Amended

Complaint already under consideration. They amount to the

same murky mixture of scattershot allegations, against the

same Arkansas defendants, without any attempt to show how

these defendants might be involved in the alleged wrongdoing. 

The proposed amendments would, therefore, be futile, as they

would be subject to dismissal for the same reasons set forth

in the R&R.

6. The Court also rejects plaintiff’s suggestion that

if he only had an extension of time and access to a law

library in order to respond to the R&R, he could somehow

prevail. Given the extensive litigation history plaintiff has

amassed, the Court has no doubt that if he in fact had a valid

claim against a defendant over whom this Court could exercise

jurisdiction, he could so state in a timely manner, even

without access to a law library.

7. For the foregoing reasons, the Court finds that the

R&R is sound in all respects, and should be adopted in toto. 

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It further finds that plaintiff’s pending motions should be

denied.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Report And

Recommendation Of The Magistrate Judge is adopted in toto.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff’s Ex Parte Motion To

Amend Complaint (document #7); plaintiff’s Ex Parte Motion

(document #8); and plaintiff’s Ex Parte Motion (document #9)

are denied.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff’s in forma pauperis

status is revoked, and the Clerk of Court is directed to

collect the filing fee for this action from plaintiff.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, for the reasons stated in the

Report And Recommendation Of The Magistrate Judge, plaintiff’s

claims are hereby dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/Jimm Larry Hendren 

JIMM LARRY HENDREN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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