Jordan v. Carmean et al
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ORDER adopting 15 Report and Recommendations and overruling Plaintiff's objections. Plaintiff's claims against Stephanie McLenore and Kenneth Paul are dismissed. See order for further specifics. Signed by Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren on November 28, 2011. (adw)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION
BRIAN T. JORDAN
PLAINTIFF
v.
Civil No. 11-5172
SGT. BRANDON CARMEAN; DEPUTY
MICHAEL NIEL; INVESTIGATOR JEREMY D.
FELTON; INVESTIGATOR KENNETH PAUL;
and PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
STEPHANIE MCLENORE
DEFENDANTS
ORDER
NOW
on
this
28th
day
of
November
2011,
comes
on
for
consideration the Report and Recommendation (R&R) of the Magistrate
Judge (document #15), filed on October 19, 2011, and the objections
to the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge (document
#20), filed on November 2, 2011.
The Court, being well and
sufficiently advised, finds and orders as follows with respect
thereto:
1.
The plaintiff filed this civil rights action under the
provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in forma pauperis.
Pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 1915(e), the Court has the obligation to screen any
complaint filed in forma pauperis.
2.
In his R&R filed October 19, 2011 (document #15), U.S.
Magistrate Judge James R. Marschewski, recommends that several of
plaintiff’s claims be dismissed.
Particularly, the R&R recommends
the following:
*
that
plaintiff’s
claims
against
Prosecuting
Attorney
Stephanie McLenore be dismissed because the prosecuting attorney is
immune from suit;
* that plaintiff’s claims that he was falsely charged with
witness tampering be dismissed; and,
*
that
plaintiff’s
claims
for
malicious
prosecution
be
dismissed.
3.
The
plaintiff
filed
timely
objections
to
the
R&R,
contending that both Stephanie McLenore and investigator Kenneth D.
Paul knew the charges of witness bribery were false.
4.
After a review of the matter, the Court finds that
plaintiff’s objections offer nothing either in law or fact which
would warrant rejection of the R&R. The objections of the plaintiff
(document #20) will, therefore, be overruled and the R&R will be
adopted in toto.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED
* that the objections of the plaintiff (document #20) to the
Report And Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge should be, and
they hereby are, overruled; and
* that the said Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate
Judge should be, and it hereby is, adopted in toto.
IT
IS
FURTHER
ORDERED
that
the
following
claims be
dismissed:
* plaintiff’s false arrest claims;
* plaintiff’s malicious prosecution claims;
* plaintiff’s claims against Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie
McLenore; and
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* plaintiff’s claims against Investigator Kenneth Paul.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Jimm Larry Hendren
JIMM LARRY HENDREN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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