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Parties Involved:
Ali Ali Bey
Counter Defendant
Bryant Police Department
Defendant
Tre Davis
Defendant
Richard Szabad
Counter Claimant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

ALI ALI BEY PLAINTIFF

v. No. 4:24-cv-183-DPM

RICHARD SZABAD and TRE DAVIS, 

Patrol Person DEFENDANTS

ORDER

 Bey’s motion to add the Bryant Police Department and its Chief 

Carl Minden as defendants, Doc. 17, denied. As previously ruled, the 

Bryant Police Department is not an entity that can be sued under § 1983, 

Doc. 5. Ketchum v. City of West Memphis, Arkansas, 974 F.2d 81, 

82 (8th Cir. 1992). Bey hasn’t pleaded facts showing Chief Minden was 

personally involved. He hasn’t pleaded any facts, other than this 

incident, to show a plausible claim for failure to train. That event 

standing alone is not enough. And he hasn’t pleaded facts showing an 

unconstitutional custom or practice. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 

678 (2009). 

 So Ordered. 

 _________________________ 

 D.P. Marshall Jr. 

 United States District Judge 

 

 10 December 2024 

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