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Parties Involved:
Marvin Evans
Defendant
Wendy Kelly
Defendant
Joshua Mayfield
Defendant
Patrick McCown
Defendant
Karen Page
Defendant
Jonathan Seif
Plaintiff
Eddie Selvey
Defendant
John Wheeler
Defendant
David White
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

JONATHAN SEIF 

ADC # 151680 PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 5:15-cv-00160-KGB-JJV

WENDY KELLY, Director,

Arkansas Department of Correction; et al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the Proposed Findings and Recommendations (Dkt. No. 40) and 

the second Proposed Findings and Recommendations (Dkt. No. 52) submitted by United States 

Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe. No objections have been filed to either of these Proposed 

Findings and Recommendations, and the time for filing objections has passed. After careful 

review, the Court concludes that the Proposed Findings and Recommendations (Dkt. No. 40) and 

the second Proposed Findings and Recommendations (Dkt. No. 52) should be, and hereby are, 

approved and adopted in their entirety as this Court's findings in all respects. 

It is, therefore, ordered that:

1. Plaintiff Jonathan Seif’s claims against defendants Karen Page and Joshua 

Mayfield are dismissed without prejudice.

2. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on exhaustion is granted (Dkt. No. 

42).

3. Mr. Seif’s First Amendment free exercise and Fourteenth Amendment equal 

protection claims against defendants Wendy Kelley, Marvin Evans, David White, and John 

Wheeler are dismissed without prejudice due to Mr. Seif’s failure to exhaust administrative 

remedies.

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4. Defendants’ motion for summary judgment on liability is granted in part and 

denied in part (Dkt. No. 45).

A. Mr. Seif’s First Amendment free exercise and Fourteenth Amendment 

equal protection claims against defendants Eddie Selvey and Patrick McCown are dismissed with 

prejudice.

B. The motion is denied as moot in all other respects.

5. Mr. Seif’s retaliatory transfer claim is dismissed sua sponte and without prejudice 

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).

6. The Court certifies, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an in forma pauperis 

appeal from this Order would not be taken in good faith. 

SO ORDERED this 8th day of January, 2016. 

____________________________________

KRISTINE G. BAKER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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