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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 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

AARON ANTHONY FLEMONS PLAINTIFF 

ADC #119749 

v. No: 4:22-cv-00606-LPR-PSH 

VALERIE WESTBROOK DEFENDANT 

ORDER

 The Court has reviewed the Proposed Findings and Partial Recommendation (PFPR) 

submitted by United States Magistrate Judge Patricia S. Harris and the Plaintiff’s Objections.1 

After a de novo review of the PFPR and careful consideration of the objections and the entire 

record, the Court concludes that the PFPR should be, and hereby is, approved and adopted in its 

entirety as this Court’s findings and conclusions in all respects.2

 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: 

(1) Westbrook’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. 23) is GRANTED in part and 

DENIED in part; 

 (2) Plaintiff’s First Amendment retaliation claim is DISMISSED without prejudice for 

failure to exhaust available administrative remedies; and 

 (3) Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claim will proceed. 

1

 Docs. 35 & 38. 

2

 Plaintiff’s sworn statement concerning the retaliation grievance that he claims to have filed does create a dispute of 

fact. But it is not a genuine one. In the context of this case, the Court agrees with Judge Harris that no reasonable 

jury could conclude that Plaintiff filed the grievance. The Court would probably not have cited Scott v. Harris, 550 

U.S. 372 (2007), for this proposition. Instead, the Court believes that Plaintiff’s story of the loss of his grievance and 

its copies—when considered with all the facts of record, including the other grievances that Plaintiff successfully 

filed—is akin to a claim of “little green men” stealing the grievance. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED this 27th day of September 2023. 

 

 

 ________________________________ 

 LEE P. RUDOFSKY 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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