McCoy v. Hot Springs Police Department et al

Filing 22

ORDER adopting 18 Report and Recommendations in toto; Further, granting 9 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim. Plaintiff's claims against Defendants Bryant and Casey hereby are dismissed without prejudice. Signed by Honorable Susan O. Hickey on January 3, 2025. (jlm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
HOT SPRINGS DIVISION
TANA MCCOY
v.

PLAINTIFF
Case No. 6:24-cv-6125

CHIEF CHRIS CHAPMOND; DETECTIVE
MATTHEW CHEATHAM; DIRECTOR
BILL BRYANT; CORPORAL RON CASEY

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
Before the Court is a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) issued by the Honorable Barry
A. Bryant, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. ECF No. 18.
Judge Bryant recommends that Defendants Bill Bryant and Ron Casey’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF
No. 9) be granted and that Plaintiff’s claims against Defendants Bryant and Casey be dismissed
without prejudice.
No party has objected to the R&R, and the time to do so has passed. See 28 U.S.C. §
636(b)(1). Upon review, finding no clear error on the face of the record and that Judge Bryant’s
reasoning is sound, the Court adopts the R&R (ECF No. 18) in toto. Defendants Byrant and
Casey’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 9) hereby is GRANTED. Plaintiff’s claims against
Defendants Bryant and Casey hereby are dismissed without prejudice.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 3rd day of January, 2025.
/s/ Susan O. Hickey
Susan O. Hickey
Chief United States District Judge