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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 

JEROD FRANKLIN WATTS PLAINTIFF 

v. Case No. 3:21-cv-00258-KGB 

 

STEVEN DAVIS, et al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER 

Before the Court is the Recommended Disposition of Magistrate Judge Edie R. Ervin (Dkt. 

No. 6). Jerod Franklin Watts filed a complaint on December 14, 2021 (Dkt. No. 1). In his 

complaint, Mr. Watts requested that all “correspondence copies and letters” be sent to 13 Skyline 

Drive, Cherokee Village, AR 72529 (Id., at 6). On December 15, 2021, Magistrate Judge Edie 

R. Ervin entered an initial order directing Mr. Watts to either pay the $402.00 filing fee or file a 

properly completed application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) within 30 days of the date of 

the Order (Dkt. No. 2). A copy of that Order, along with an IFP application, was sent to Mr. 

Watts at the Sharp County Detention Center on December 15, 2021, but was returned 

undeliverable (Dkt. Nos. 3-5). The Court did not send a copy of the initial Order or the IFP 

application to the Cherokee Village address listed in the complaint (Dkt. No. 1). On January 18, 

2022, United States Magistrate Judge Edie R. Ervin issued a Recommended Disposition that Mr. 

Watt’s complaint be dismissed without prejudice based on his failure to respond to the Court’s 

Order and comply with the instructions contained therein (Dkt. No. 6). A copy of the 

Recommended Disposition was mailed to Mr. Watts at the Sharp County Detention Center and 

returned undeliverable (Dkt. No. 7). The Court did not send a copy of the Recommended 

Disposition to the Cherokee Village address listed in the complaint (Dkt. No. 1, at 6). 

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The Court directs the Clerk to update Mr. Watts’ address of record to the one specified in 

his complaint: 13 Skyline Drive, Cherokee Village, AR 72529 (Id.). The Court directs the 

Clerk to resend all the mail previously returned undeliverable (Dkt. Nos. 3-6) to Mr. Watts at that 

Cherokee Village address along with a copy of this Order. 

Mr. Watts shall have 30 days from the date of the entry of this Order to respond to the 

initial Order and comply with the instructions contained therein, should he choose to do so (Dkt. 

No. 2). If Mr. Watts fails to respond within 30 days of the date of this Order, the Court will adopt 

the Recommended Disposition (Dkt. No. 6) and Mr. Watts’s complaint will be dismissed without 

prejudice. 

It is so ordered this 6th day of December, 2024. 

 

 _____________________________ 

 Kristine G. Baker 

 Chief United States District Judge

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