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Parties Involved:
Central Arkansas Library System
Defendant
Natalin Martin
Defendant
Roberts
Defendant
Mary Carol West
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

WESTERN DIVISION 

MARY CAROL WEST PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 4:15-cv-398-DPM 

CENTRAL ARKANSAS LIBRARY SYSTEM, 

Adolphine Fletcher Terry Library; NATALIN 

MARTIN; and DR. ROBERTS 

ORDER 

DEFENDANTS 

1. The Court must screen West's proposed amended complaint. NQ 5. 

West has slurred speech, a side effect of a "stroke/cardiac event." NQ 5 at 5. 

At the Terry library, she asked for a study room, but was told none was 

available. NQ 2 at 2. She followed up about an hour later with a different 

employee, who knew nothing about any waiting list. NQ 2 at 3. West then 

asked for an accommodation because of her handicap, but the library 

employee "stared and walked off .... " NQ 5 at 5. Construing these allegations 

liberally, and with the help of the allegations in the original complaint, the 

Court finds that West has stated a plausible claim under the Americans with 

Disabilities Act against the Central Arkansas Library System. West has not, 

however, pleaded specific facts that show any plausible entitlement to relief 

against either Martin or Roberts. The Court dismisses those defendants 

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without prejudice. 

2. The Court directs the Clerk to prepare summons for the Central 

Arkansas Library System. The United States Marshal shall serve the 

summons, the complaint, the amended complaint, and this Order on the 

Library's designated agent for service of process without prepayment of fees 

and costs or security therefor. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jf. 

United States District Judge 

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