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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

TEXARKANA DIVISION

LOGAN BRAINERD PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 4:24-cv-04108

SHERIFF CHAD WARD, 

et. al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Before the Court is a Report and Recommendation filed November 14, 2024, by the Honorable 

Barry A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. (ECF No. 5). 

Judge Bryant recommends that Plaintiff’s Complaint (ECF No. 1) be dismissed with prejudice. Judge 

Bryant further recommends that, because this is Plaintiff’s fourth nearly identical case filing, Plaintiff be 

barred from filing further cases in this District without first submitting the required filing fee at the time 

of the submission of the proposed complaint.1

Plaintiff has not responded to the Report and Recommendation, and the time to do so has passed. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Upon review, finding no clear error on the face of the record and that Judge 

Bryant’s reasoning is sound, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation (ECF No. 5) in toto. 

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Complaint (ECF No. 1) is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Further, 

going forward, Plaintiff is barred from filing further cases in this District unless he submits the required 

filing fee at the time of the submission of the proposed complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 10th day of January, 2025.

/s/ Susan O. Hickey 

Susan O. Hickey

Chief United States District Judge

1

Plaintiff has filed three previous cases in this District, Brainerd v. Sheriff Chad Ward, et al., No. 4:23-cv-4066,

Brainerd v. Sheriff Chad Ward, et al., No. 4:23-cv-4067, and Brainerd v. Sheriff Chad Ward, et al., No. 4:24-cv4081, all of which contain similar defendants and allegations. (ECF No. 5, at 2). After dismissal of the first two 

cases, Plaintiff appealed to the Eighth Circuit which affirmed the dismissal of both cases. See, Brainerd v. Ward, 

2024 WL 3491251 (8th Cir. Feb. 15, 2024) (not reported) and Brainerd v. Ward, 2024 WL 3530145 (8th Cir. Feb. 15, 

2024) (not reported). (ECF No. 5, at 2).

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