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Parties Involved:
DeAngelo Earl
Defendant
Jason Duane Emery
Plaintiff
Gail Holland
Defendant
Wendy Kelley
Defendant
Dexter Payne
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

JASON DUANE EMERY 

ADC #510514 

v. No. 1:18-cv-98-DPM-PSH 

WENDY KELLEY, Director, Arkansas 

Department of Correction; DEXTER 

PAYNE, Deputy Director, ADC; 

DeANGELO EARL, Warden, ADC Grimes 

Unit; and GAIL HOLLAND, ADC 

ORDER 

PLAINTIFF 

DEFENDANTS 

On de nova review, the Court declines the partial 

recommendation, NQ 30, and sustains the Defendants' objections, NQ 31. 

FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(3). If Emery had gone after just "policy and 

procedure makers" or "ADC officials" in his grievances, then a 

response on the merits would have waived the Department's 

exhaustion defense. Hammett v . Cofield, 681 F.3d 945, 947-48 (8th Cir. 

2012). But here, each grievance named someone involved in the 

problem-Wendy Kelley -in addition to a catch-all reference to the 

unnamed folks. The Court concludes that these grievances weren't so 

clearly flawed that addressing them on the merits amounted to a 

waiver. Cf Burns v . Eaton, 752 F.3d 1136, 1141-42 (8th Cir. 2014). 

Emery therefore failed to exhaust his claims as to Payne, Earl, and 

Holland. Their motion for partial summary judgment, NQ 21, is 

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granted; and Emery's claims against them are dismissed without 

prejudice. 

So Ordered. 

D .P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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