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Parties Involved:
Pamela Cook
Defendant
Deverick Scott
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED ST ATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

PINE BLUFF DIVISION 

DEVERICK SCOTT 

ADC #131042 PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 5:19-cv-101-DPM 

PAMELA COOK, 

Sergeant, Varner Supermax DEFENDANT 

ORDER 

On de novo review, the Court adopts Magistrate Judge Kearney's 

recommendation, NQ 28, and overrules Scott's objections, NQ 29. FED. R. 

CIV. P. 72(b)(3). Scott's grievance itself stated that he'd set his cell on 

fire-not just on June 6th, but on three occasions. NQ 21-1. That 

amounts to "some evidence" supporting Cook's disciplinary action. 

Scott's retaliation claim therefore fails. Hartsfield v. Nichols, 511 F .3d 

826, 829 (8th Cir. 2008). His motion for summary judgment, NQ 17, is 

denied; and Cook's cross-motion for summary judgment, NQ 20, is 

granted. Scott's complaint will be dismissed with prejudice. 

So Ordered. 

~ ~e#' ~ D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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