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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 

JONESBORO DIVISION 

HERMAN H. LEFORS, JR. 

ODOC #112524 

v. No. 3:14-cv-276-DPM-JTR 

DAN LANGSTON, Sheriff, Greene County 

Arkansas; COLIN P. WALL, Attorney, 

Rainwater, Holt and Sexton, P A; 

PLAINTIFF 

DR. STEVEN M. BLANCHARD, Physician 

for Greene County Jail; SAMMIE JOHNSON, 

Nurse, Greene County Jail; and THOMAS 

MARSH, Compliance Officer, AMMC DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

1. LeFors has filed this prose action alleging that defendants violated 

the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1320d, 

and the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution when 

they fraudulently obtained copies of his private medical records before the 

execution of a medical release. The Court must screen LeFors's allegations. 

28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 

2. LeFors's HIPP A and constitutional challenges to the production of 

his medical records have already been raised and addressed during discovery 

in LeFors v. Langston, 3:14-cv-138- KGB-JJV, NQ 60, 61, & 90, which is currently 

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pending in this District. Any arguments LeFors wishes to make regarding the 

production of his medical records must be raised in that lawsuit to avoid 

unwarranted relitigation. 

3. LeFors's complaint is dismissed without prejudice. Lefors's petition 

for a writ of mandamus to compel service in this case, NQ 6, is denied as moot. 

The Court certifies that an in forma pauperis appeal from this Order and 

accompanying Judgment will not be taken in good faith. 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(a)(3). 

So Ordered. 

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D.P. Marshall Jr. rY 

United States District Judge 

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