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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 23:12:40+00:00

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APRIL ROLLINS, Nurse NDCS LCC, in her individual and official capacities; DAN DANAHER, Phys Assist NDCS, in his individual capacity; LINCOLN CORR CNTR MEDICAL CLINIC; JOHN DOE WARDEN LCC, in his individual and official capacities; SCOTT R. FRAKES or Designee, in his individual and official capacities; DIRECTOR NDCS or Designee, in his individual and official capacities; MS. R. TAYLOR, Unit Manager, in her individual and official capacities, Defendants.
Plaintiff Thomas Duane Strawder, a pro se litigant now incarcerated at the Lincoln Correctional Center (“LCC”), filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action in which he complains about what he views as substandard medical care. The court has granted Plaintiff permission to proceed in forma pauperis, and the court now conducts an initial review of the Complaint (Filing No. 1) and Supplement (Filing No. 6) to determine whether summary dismissal is appropriate under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e) and 1915A.
As an initial matter, Defendant Lincoln Correctional Center Medical Clinic must be dismissed as an improper defendant in a § 1983 action. Kochel v. Slykhuis, No. CIV. 05-4027, 2005 WL 1240173, at *3 (D.S.D. May 24, 2005) (“Plaintiff's complaint against the ‘Prison Health Services' should be dismissed with prejudice for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.”); see also Smith v. Harness, No. 4:14CV00753, 2017 WL 243985, at *3 (E.D. Ark. Jan. 19, 2017) (“The Jacksonville Police Department is not an entity capable of being sued and therefore could be dismissed on that basis.”); Caldwell v. Dub Brassell Det. Ctr., No. 5:15CV352, 2015 WL 9855535, at *2 (E.D. Ark. Dec. 21, 2015), report and recommendation adopted, No. 5:15CV352, 2016 WL 233663 (E.D. Ark. Jan. 19, 2016) (“the sole Defendant-the Jail-is not considered a ‘person' within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and cannot be sued”).

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