Lyons v. Ming et al

Filing 3

ORDER withdrawing the referral to Magistrate Judge Deere. Lyons is abusing the judicial process as she is a three-striker. Lyons's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is denied based on prior strikes and the lack of any new allegedly imminent danger. Plaintiff's combined complaint is therefore dismissed without prejudice. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 11/12/2014. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
NORTHERN DIVISION

CHANDRA LYONS
ADC #704518
v.

PLAINTIFF
No.1:14-cv-138-DPM-BD

JASON MING, Lieutenant; GAY, Sergeant;
BRANSCUM, Corporal; K. JOHNSON; Inmate,
McPherson Unit; V. STOUT, Inmate, McPherson
Unit; MECHELLE ROBISON, Inmate, McPherson
Unit; CHERYL ALLEN, Inmate, McPherson Unit;
HERBERT, Inmate, McPherson Unit; GOLA,
Sergeant, McPherson Unit, ADC; LINDA DIXON,
Major, McPherson Unit, ADC; B. WILLIAMS,
Head of Medical, McPherson Unit, ADC; WORSHAM,
Nurse, McPherson Unit, ADC; BLEDSOE, Nurse,
McPherson Unit; A. WEEKLY, Assistant Warden,
McPherson Unit, ADC; N. FAUST, Warden,
McPherson Unit, ADC; LINDA DYKES, Captain,
McPherson Unit, ADC; D. FRANKLIN, Inmate,
McPherson Unit; TRAMMEL, Inmate, McPherson
Unit; K. COLLINS, Inmate, McPherson Unit;
MECHELLE JONES, Inmate, McPherson Unit;
BRANDY SMITH, Inmate, McPherson Unit;
DUNAVI ON, Sergeant, McPherson Unit, ADC;
ROBINSON, Legal Document Clerk, McPherson
Unit, ADC; JONES, Lieutenant, McPherson Unit,
ADC; STONE, Sergeant, McPherson Unit, ADC;
M. WILLIAMS, Sergeant, McPherson Unit, ADC;
RICHARDSON, Lieutenant, McPherson Unit,
ADC; MELISSA JAMES, McPherson Unit,
ADC; JOYCE WESTMENT, Inmate, McPherson
Unit, ADC; and CYTHINA STIDMAN, Inmate,
McPherson Unit

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
1. The referral to Magistrate Judge Deere is withdrawn.

2. Lyons is abusing the judicial process. She is a three-striker. 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(g); see, e.g., Lyons v. McDonald, 5:96-cv-369-GH; Lyons v. Anderson, 5:96-

cv-463-SWW; Lyons v. Thompson, 5:96-cv-547-SMR. She's filed six new cases
in the last seven weeks. NQ 2 at 1 (listing cases). I've decided two of those
cases, which wereassignedatrandom tome. Nos. 5:14-cv-396-DPMand 1:14cv-134-DPM. In this case, she seeks to combine all her current lawsuits into
one. Her initial filing is seventy-four pages long and covers a variety of
events involving many folks during the last nine years. She has filed the same
paper as a motion to consolidate in the two cases I was handling and
apparently in all her cases.
3. Lyons's motion to proceed in forma pauperis, NQ 1, is denied based on
prior strikes and the lack of any new allegedly imminent danger. 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(g).

4. Her proposed combined complaint fails on screening, in any event.
It is not a short and plain statement of claims. It covers many unrelated

things. It is simply not a manageable case. Moreover, two of her six lawsuits

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have already been dismissed. She can't resuscitate them with this filing. And
the other four cases are being handled in the normal course by other judges.
Her combined complaint is therefore dismissed without prejudice.
So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr.
United States District Judge

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