Story v. Cashion et al

Filing 20

ORDER adopting 15 Proposed Findings and Recommendations as modified. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 2/21/2014. (ks)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFF DIVISION

KENDRICK STORY
ADC #109934
v.

PLAINTIFF
No. 5:13-cv-286-DPM-JJV

MARK CASHION, Warden, Randall
L. Williams Unit; and EMMA WATERS,
Kitchen Supervisor, Randall L. Williams Unit

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
Opposed recommendation, NQ 15, adopted as modified. FED. R. CIV. P.
72(b)(3). Story's claim against Cashion is barred by res judicata because the
Court made a final decision on the merits of this same cause of action in Story

v. Hobbs, 5:13-cv-72-BSM-JTR. Story's claim against Waters fails too. The
Court takes his allegations as the truth: Brother Miller misunderstood what
Story meant when he said that he had no problem with the other inmate;
Story clarified to Waters that the other inmate indeed had a problem with
him; Waters then told Story to leave it alone or go to the barracks, and left the
area. Taken together, these assumed circumstances amount at most to
unactionable negligence by Waters, not deliberate indifference. Pagels v.

Morrison, 335 F.3d 736, 740 (8th Cir. 2003). Story has failed again to state a

claim against Waters.
So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr.
United States District Judge

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