Hawkins v. Taber et al
Plaintiff: Marcus Lomant Hawkins
Defendant: Sergeant Keith Prince, Troy Norton, Donnie D Taber, Heath Dickson and Miles French
Case Number: 6:2020cv06081
Filed: August 5, 2020
Court: US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Presiding Judge: Robert T Dawson
Referring Judge: Mark E Ford
Nature of Suit: Prisoner: Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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August 24, 2020 Filing 7 Mail Returned as Undeliverable marked Not Deliverable as Addressed. Mail originally sent to Marcus Lomant Hawkins at Hot Spring County Jail, 1 Detention Lane, Malvern, AR 72104 including 6 Order Regarding Complaint Deficiency - TEXT ONLY 5 Order Regarding IFP Application-Deficient or Renew - TEXT ONLY and #3 Case Transferred In - District Transfer. No new address available. New Address due by 9/23/2020. (mjm)
August 5, 2020 Filing 6 TEXT ONLY ORDER REGARDING COMPLAINT DEFICIENCY. After review of the Complaint, it is determined that the Plaintiff did not submit the complaint on the court-approved form for this District. For this reason, Plaintiff is directed to submit an Amended Complaint within 21 days of the date of this Order. The Clerk is directed to mail the Plaintiff a court-approved 1983 form.In the Amended Complaint, Plaintiff must write short, plain statements telling the Court: the constitutional right Plaintiff believes was violated;the name of the Defendant who violated the right;exactly what the Defendant did or failed to do;how the action or inaction of that Defendant is connected to the violation of the constitutional rights;and what specific injury Plaintiff suffered because of the misconduct of that Defendant. See Rizzo v. Goode, 423 U.S. 362,371-72,377 (1976);Fed.R.Civ.P.8. Plaintiff must repeat this process for each person he has named as a Defendant. Plaintiff is CAUTIONED that he must affirmatively link the conduct of each named Defendant with the specific injury he suffered. If he fails to do so, the allegations against that Defendant will be dismissed for failure to state a claim.Plaintiff must clearly designate on the face of the document that it is a First Amended Complaint. The First Amended Complaint must be retyped or rewritten in its entirety on the court-approved form. You may not refer back to any part of the original complaint. A First Amended Complaint supersedes, or takes the place of, the original Complaint. After amendment, the Court will treat the original Complaint as nonexistent. Any cause of action that was raised in the original Complaint is waived if it is not raised in the First Amended Complaint. This case shall be subject to dismissal if Plaintiff fails to return the Amended Complaint to the Court by the deadline. CLERK TO FOLLOW UP Amended Complaint due by 8/26/2020. Signed by Honorable Mark E. Ford on August 5, 2020. (klk)
August 5, 2020 Filing 5 TEXT ONLY ORDER REGARDING In Forma Pauperis Application. Plaintiff failed to include an IFP application with his Complaint. For this reason, the Clerk is directed to send Plaintiff a blank Prisoner IFP application. Plaintiff is given 21 days from the date of this Order to either return the completed application to this court for review and filing or pay the 350.00 dollar filing fee and 50.00 dollar administrative fee, a total of 400.00 dollars. This case shall be subject to dismissal for failure to obey an order of the Court if Plaintiff fails to return the completed IFP application or pay the 400.00 dollar filing fee by the deadline. CLERK TO FOLLOW UP Completed IFP due by 8/26/2020. Signed by Honorable Mark E. Ford on August 5, 2020. (klk)
August 5, 2020 Filing 4 Magistrate Notice/Consent Form. (lw)
August 5, 2020 Filing 3 Case transferred in from District of Arkansas Eastern; Case Number 4:20-cv-00875. Docket sheet received.
August 5, 2020 TEXT ONLY NOTICE: COMPLAINT REFERRED (42:1983) transferred in from EDAR. (lw)
August 4, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 2 ORDER directing the Clerk of the Court to immediately transfer Plaintiff's entire case file to the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Signed by Judge James M. Moody Jr. on 8/4/2020. (ljb) [Transferred from ared on 8/5/2020.]
July 31, 2020 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants filed by Marcus Lomant Hawkins. (ljb) [Transferred from ared on 8/5/2020.]

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