Sherman v. Jefferson County Arkansas

Filing 12

ORDER granting as to conclusions of law and denying as to findings of fact 10 Motion for Order; granting as to conclusions of law and denying as to findings of fact 11 Motion for Reconsideration. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 1/7/14. (kpr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
PINE BLUFF DIVISION
PATRICK L. SHERMAN,
ADC #96304

v.

PLAINTIFF

No. 5:13-cv-346-DPM

JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS

DEFENDANT

ORDER
Post-judgment motions, Ng 10 & 11, granted as to conclusions of law
and denied as to findings of fact. The constitutionality of the three-strikes
provision is well-established. Higgins v. Carpenter, 258 F.3d 797,799-801 (8th
Cir. 2001) (per curiam); Pointer v. Wilkinson, 502 F.3d 369,377-78, n.9 (6th Cir.
2007). This is a matter of law, not fact. No hearing is needed, or required, to
address this kind of legal issue. No findings of fact are called for.

A

Magistrate Judge may rule on non-dispositive legal issues. 28 U.S.C. §
636(b)(1); Local Rule 72.1.

So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr.
United States District Judge
7 January 2014

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