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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 

EASTERN DIVISION 

CHRISTOPHER DEATON, 

ADC #143472 PLAINTIFF 

v. Case No. 2:13-cv-00136 KGB-JTK 

LARRY MAY, et al. DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

 Before the Court is plaintiff Christopher Deaton’s motion for reconsideration of the 

Court’s Order ruling on two Proposed Findings and Recommendations submitted by United 

States Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney and other matters (Dkt. Nos. 47, 52). Mr. Deaton 

has pointed to no error in the Court’s rulings, and the Court sees none. The Court denies Mr. 

Deaton’s motion for reconsideration (Dkt. No. 52). 

 The Court also has received Proposed Findings and Recommendations from Judge 

Kearney recommending that the Court deny Mr. Deaton’s pending motion for a preliminary 

injunction (Dkt. Nos. 44, 57). The Court adopts the Proposed Findings and Recommendations in 

part by adopting the conclusion reached by Judge Kearney but not the reasoning (Dkt. No. 57). 

The Court rejects the reasoning based on recent legal developments, including the decision in 

Holt v. Hobbs, ̶ U.S. ̶ , 135 S. Ct. 853 (Jan. 20, 2015), and based on representations and 

arguments made in defendants’ pending motion to dismiss Mr. Deaton’s claims under the 

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc1 et seq. (Dkt. No. 108). At this time, the Court denies without prejudice as moot Mr. Deaton’s 

motion for preliminary injunction (Dkt. No. 44). 

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 SO ORDERED this 31st day of March, 2015. 

 ___________________________________ 

 Kristine G. Baker 

 United States District Judge 

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