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Jefferson v. Waddle, 5:18CV00200-JM. (2018)

Court: District Court, E.D. Arkansas Number: infdco20181205807 Visitors: 18
Filed: Dec. 04, 2018
Latest Update: Dec. 04, 2018
Summary: ORDER JAMES M. MOODY, JR. , District Judge . There is a pending motion for summary judgment filed by the remaining Defendants in this case. (Doc. No. 26). Plaintiff did not file a response to that motion. On November 19, 2018, after reviewing all the evidence submitted including a video tape of the incident at issue, United States Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe submitted Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition recommending that Defendants' motion for summary judgment be granted. (Doc.
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ORDER

There is a pending motion for summary judgment filed by the remaining Defendants in this case. (Doc. No. 26). Plaintiff did not file a response to that motion. On November 19, 2018, after reviewing all the evidence submitted including a video tape of the incident at issue, United States Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe submitted Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition recommending that Defendants' motion for summary judgment be granted. (Doc. No. 29). No objections have been filed, but on November 20, 2018, Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal related to a prior order of this Court and a motion for leave to file additional interrogatories. (Doc. Nos. 30, 31). Judge Volpe denied Plaintiff's motion for leave to file additional interrogatories without prejudice to refiling once this Court ruled on the Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition. On December 3, 3018, Plaintiff filed a motion to extend time to file his objections on the basis that he has yet to receive outstanding discovery from Defendants, discovery which Defendants have asked that they not be required to answer until the Court has ruled on the Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition. (Doc. Nos. 37, 34).

After careful consideration, the Court concludes that the Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition should be, and hereby are, approved and adopted in their entirety as this Court's findings in all respects. The outstanding discovery propounded by Plaintiff (Doc. No. 34-1), is not directed at the issues on which Judge Volpe recommended that the summary judgment be granted, namely failure to exhaust administrative remedies and Officer Gibson's entitlement to qualified immunity under the facts.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that:

1. Defendant's Motion to Stay Discovery (Doc. No. 34) is DENIED as moot.

2. Plaintiff's Motion to Extend Time to file objections (Doc. No. 37) is DENIED.

3. Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 26) is GRANTED.

4. Plaintiff's remaining claims against Defendants Wendy Kelley, James Gibson, and Ashlee S. Shabazz are DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to exhaust administrative remedies; his claim against Defendant Terry Gibson is DISMISSED with prejudice; and his cause of action (Doc. No. 4) is DISMISSED.

5. The Court certifies, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an in forma pauperis appeal from this Order adopting these recommendations and the accompanying Judgment would not be taken in good faith. Therefore, Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Appeal in Forma Pauperis (Doc. No. 36) is DENIED.

Source:  Leagle

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