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Parties Involved:
Jose Dominguez
Plaintiff
Overman
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

JOSE DOMINGUEZ PLAINTIFF

V. CASE NO. 4:16-CV-765-KGB-BD

OVERMAN DEFENDANT

RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION

I. Procedure for Filing Objections

This Recommended Disposition (“Recommendation”) has been sent to Judge

Kristine G. Baker. You may file written objections to this Recommendation. If you file

objections, they must be specific and must include the factual or legal basis for your

objection. Your objections must be received in the office of the United States District

Court Clerk within fourteen (14) days of this Recommendation. 

If no objections are filed, Judge Baker can adopt this Recommendation without

independently reviewing the record. By not objecting, you may also waive any right to

appeal questions of fact.

II. Discussion

Jose Dominguez, a pre-trial detainee at the Faulkner County Detention Center

(“Detention Center”), filed this lawsuit without the help of a lawyer under 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. (Docket entry #2) In his complaint, Mr. Dominguez claims that he was charged

with a false disciplinary in violation of his constitutional rights. Specifically, he alleges

that Defendant Overman instructed another inmate to blame the destruction of a mat on

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Mr. Dominguez. 

Mr. Dominguez cannot move forward on this claim. The issuance of a false

disciplinary, without more, does not rise to the level of a constitutional violation. Sprouse

v. Babcock, 870 F.2d 450, 452 (8th Cir. 1989) (citing Freeman v. Rideout, 808 F.2d 949,

951-52 (2nd Cir.1986)). Filing a false disciplinary can violate the Constitution if done in

retaliation for exercising a federally protected right, but here, Mr. Dominguez has not

alleged or identified any retaliatory motive that Defendant Overman might have had to

issue (or cause to be issued) a false disciplinary. 

III. Conclusion

The Court recommends that Mr. Dominguez’s claims be DISMISSED, without

prejudice, for failure to state a federal claim for relief.

DATED this 27th day of October, 2016.

____________________________________

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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