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Parties Involved:
Arkansas Department of Correction
Defendant
Sherri Flynn
Defendant
Shirley Walker
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

WESTERN DIVISION

SHIRLEY WALKER PLAINTIFF

v. No. 4:05CV01336 GH

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

and SHERRI FLYNN DEFENDANTS

ORDER

By order filed on November 22nd, the Court directed plaintiff to file an amended complaint

designating the legal provisions under which she seeks relief thereby mooting defendants’ motion

for more definite statement. The first amended complaint was filed on December 30th.

On January 4th, defendants filed a second motion for more definite statement since the

amended complaint still continued to assert that “other federal laws” and “other constitutional

provisions” were bases for recovery in addition to the express references to Title VII and 42 U.S.C.

§1981. No response to this motion has been filed. However, by order filed on January 6th, the Court

had directed that plaintiff’s counsel be removed as counsel of record due to her counsel being

suspended from practice before the Court. Plaintiff was given a 30-day period to either have

substitute counsel enter his or her appearance or to file a statement that she will proceed pro se. In

addition, the Court filed an order on January 18th that an amended initial scheduling order would be

issued after either new counsel had entered his or her appearance or plaintiff had filed a statement

that she would be proceeding pro se.

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The Court finds that the December 30th amended complaint does not comply with the

November 22nd order to specify each federal law under which she is seeking relief.

Accordingly, defendants’ January 4th second motion (#11) for more definite statement is

hereby granted. An amended complaint in conformity with the November 22nd order and this order

is to be filed within 20 days after plaintiff’s substitute counsel has entered his or her appearance or

after plaintiff has filed a statement that she will proceed pro se.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 23rd day of January, 2006.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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