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Parties Involved:
Greene County Jail
Defendant
Benjamin John Rodden
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

 JONESBORO DIVISION 

BENJAMIN JOHN RODDEN PLAINTIFF 

v. 3:18CV00238-KGB-JTK 

GREENE COUNTY JAIL DEFENDANT 

PROPOSED FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

INSTRUCTIONS

The following recommended disposition has been sent to United States District 

Kristine G. Baker. Any party may serve and file written objections to this recommendation. 

Objections should be specific and should include the factual or legal basis for the objection. 

If the objection is to a factual finding, specifically identify that finding and the evidence 

that supports your objection. An original and one copy of your objections must be 

received in the office of the United States District Court Clerk no later than fourteen (14) 

days from the date of the findings and recommendations. The copy will be furnished to 

the opposing party. Failure to file timely objections may result in waiver of the right to 

appeal questions of fact. 

If you are objecting to the recommendation and also desire to submit new, different, 

or additional evidence, and to have a hearing for this purpose before the District Judge, you 

must, at the same time that you file your written objections, include the following: 

1. Why the record made before the Magistrate Judge is inadequate. 

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2. Why the evidence proffered at the hearing before the District Judge (if such 

a hearing is granted) was not offered at the hearing before the Magistrate Judge. 

 

3. The detail of any testimony desired to be introduced at the hearing before 

the District Judge in the form of an offer of proof, and a copy, or the original, of any 

documentary or other non-testimonial evidence desired to be introduced at the hearing 

before the District Judge. 

From this submission, the District Judge will determine the necessity for an 

additional evidentiary hearing, either before the Magistrate Judge or before the District 

Judge. 

Mail your objections and “Statement of Necessity” to: 

Clerk, United States District Court 

Eastern District of Arkansas 

600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A149 

Little Rock, AR 72201-3325 

 DISPOSITION 

Plaintiff Rodden is an inmate confined at the Greene County Detention Facility who 

filed this pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. (Doc. No. 2) By Order dated December 11, 2018, 

this Court denied Plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) and directed 

Plaintiff to submit either the $400 filing fee or a completed IFP Motion within thirty days. 

(Doc. No. 3) The Court warned Plaintiff that failure to do so would result in the dismissal 

of the action, without prejudice (Id.). As of this date, Plaintiff has not responded to the 

December 11, 2018 Order. 

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Rule LR5.5(c)(2) of the Rules of the United States District Courts for the Eastern 

and Western Districts of Arkansas provides as follows: 

It is the duty of any party not represented by counsel 

to promptly notify the Clerk and the other parties to 

the proceedings of any change in his or her address, 

to monitor the progress of the case and to prosecute 

or defend the action diligently . . . . If any communication from the Court to a pro se plaintiff is not 

responded to within thirty (30) days, the case may be 

dismissed without prejudice. . . . 

In light of Plaintiff’s failure to respond to the Court’s Order, the Court finds that his 

Complaint should be dismissed without prejudice, for failure to prosecute. Accordingly, 

IT IS, THEREFORE, RECOMMENDED that Plaintiff’s Complaint be dismissed 

without prejudice, for failure to prosecute. 

IT IS SO RECOMMENDED this 15th day of January, 2019. 

_________________________________ 

JEROME T. KEARNEY 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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