Hicks v. Dub Brassell Detention Center

Filing 7

ORDER adopting the proposed findings and recommended disposition; dismissing Plaintiff's complaint with prejudice. It is CERTIFIED, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an in forma pauperis appeal from this order and accompanying judgment would not be taken in good faith. Signed by Chief Judge Brian S. Miller on 7/31/2012. (hph)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFF DIVISION
EARLINE HICKS
v.

PLAINTIFF
CASE NO. 5:12CV00199 BSM/JJV

W.C. DUB BRASSELL DETENTION CENTER

DEFENDANT

ORDER
The proposed findings and recommended disposition submitted by United States
Magistrate Judge Joe J. Volpe have been reviewed. No objections were filed. After carefully
considering these documents and making a de novo review of the record, it is concluded that
the proposed findings and recommended disposition should be, and hereby are, approved and
adopted in their entirety in all respects.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that:
1.

Plaintiff Earline Hicks’s complaint [Doc. No. 2] be DISMISSED with

prejudice for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted.
2.

Dismissal of Hicks’s complaint should constitute a “strike” within the meaning

of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
3.

It is CERTIFIED, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an in forma pauperis

appeal from this order and accompanying judgment would not be taken in good faith.
Dated this 31st day of July 2012.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE