Bledsoe v. McDowel et al

Filing 40

ORDER granting 37 Motion to Supplement. Signed by Honorable Barry A. Bryant on January 12, 2017. (mll)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
TEXARKANA DIVISION
BILLY JOE BLEDSOE
v.

PLAINTIFF
Civil No. 4:16-cv-04057

OFFICER BOBBIE McDOWEL, Southwest
Arkansas Community Correction Center;
And WARDEN STEPHEN ARNOLD

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
Plaintiff Billy Joe Bledsoe proceeds in this matter pro se and in forma pauperis pursuant
to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Supplement Response to Motion
for Summary Judgment. ECF No. 37.
Plaintiff’s Motion seeks to add a statement addressing issues raised in Defendants’ Motion
for Summary Judgment. Pro se pleadings are to be construed liberally. Burgs v. Sissel, 745 F.2d
526, 528 (8th Cir. 1984). In addition, Defendants will not be prejudiced by allowing Plaintiff to
supplement his Response.
Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion to Supplement Response to Motion for Summary
Judgment (ECF No. 37) is GRANTED. The Clerk is DIRECTED to file Plaintiff’s Supplemental
Response.
DATED this 12th day of January 2017.
/s/ Barry A. Bryant________
HON. BARRY A. BRYANT
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE