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Parties Involved:
Aramark
Appellee
County Attorney
Appellee
Quorum Court
Appellee
Randall Denzer
Appellee
Randell Dinger
Not Party
John Doe
Appellee
Tim Helder
Appellee
Morgan
Appellee
Robinson
Appellee
Jimmy D. Stevens
Appellant

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1058

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Jimmy D. Stevens,

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

Sheriff Tim Helder; Aramark, Co., Inc.; Quorum Court; County Attorney,

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees,

Major Randell Dinger,

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant,

Major Randall Denzer; Deputy Robinson; John Doe, Deputy #1; Deputy Morgan;

John Doe, Deputy #2; John Doe, Deputy #3,

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees.

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville

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 Submitted: June 3, 2015

Filed: June 19, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before SMITH, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. 

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Appellate Case: 15-1058 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/19/2015 Entry ID: 4287029 
PER CURIAM.

Arkansas inmate Jimmy Stevens appeals the magistrate’s dismissal of his 42

U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that correctional officers violated his rights by

assaulting him. Although the magistrate interpreted Stevens’s “Motion to Suspend”

further proceedings as a stipulation of dismissal under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a), Stevens

argues that he sought a continuance, not dismissal. We conclude that the order

amounted to an involuntary dismissal of the action, and that the magistrate did not

have jurisdiction to enter an involuntary dismissal without consent of the parties. See

28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); LeGear v. Thalacker, 46 F.3d 36, 36-37 (8th Cir. 1995)

(per curiam). Because we find no indication in the record that the parties consented

to the magistrate’s jurisdiction, we conclude the dismissal order was not a final order,

and we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

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Appellate Case: 15-1058 Page: 2 Date Filed: 06/19/2015 Entry ID: 4287029