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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

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

TEXARKANA DIVISION

JOSEPH ALEXANDER DANSBY PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 4:22-cv-4106

SHERIFF DANNY MARTIN; STEVE OTWELL; 

KAREN GHORMLEY; SERGEANT DAISY

SMITH; and CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 

CAMERON SHELTON DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Before the Court is a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) issued by the Honorable Barry 

A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. ECF No. 44. 

Judge Bryant recommends that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 42) be granted and that 

Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint (ECF No. 11) be dismissed without prejudice. 

Plaintiff has not filed an objection to Judge Bryant’s R&R, and the time to do so has 

passed.0F

1 See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Upon review, finding that there is no clear error on the face 

of the record and that Judge Bryant’s reasoning is sound, the Court adopts the R&R (ECF No. 44) 

in toto. Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 42) is hereby GRANTED. Plaintiff’s Amended 

Complaint (ECF No. 11) is hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 22nd day of August, 2024.

/s/ Susan O. Hickey

Susan O. Hickey

Chief United States District Judge 

1 After Judge Bryant issued the instant R&R, Plaintiff filed his own motion to dismiss, stating “I would like to dismiss 

my case in this matter.” ECF No. 45. Per the instant Order, the Court finds that Plaintiff’s motion to dismiss is hereby 

DENIED as MOOT. 

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