Best v. Cox et al, No. 5:2019cv00224 - Document 48 (E.D. Ark. 2020)

Court Description: ORDER adopting 46 proposed findings and recommendations in their entirety; granting 29 Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment; dismissing with prejudice Plaintiff's Complaint; denying 25 and 39 Plaintiff's Motions for Summary Judgment; denying as moot 38 Plaintiff's Motion for Video; and denying 47 Plaintiff's request for a hearing. Signed by Judge James M. Moody Jr. on 11/9/2020. (ljb)

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Best v. Cox et al Doc. 48 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF DIVISION DONALD BEST, ADC #151745 v. PLAINTIFF 5:19CV00224-JM-JTK BRENT COX, et al. DEFENDANTS ORDER The Court has received proposed findings and recommendations from United States Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney. After a review of those proposed findings and recommendations, and the timely objections received thereto, as well as a de novo review of the record, the Court adopts them in their entirety. Accordingly, IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that: 1. Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 29) is GRANTED, and Plaintiff’s Complaint is DISMISSED with prejudice. 2. Plaintiff’s Motions for Summary Judgment (Doc. Nos. 25, 39) are DENIED. 3. Plaintiff’s Motion for Video (Doc. No. 38) is DENIED as moot. 4. Plaintiff’s request for a hearing (Doc. No. 47) is DENIED. An appropriate Judgment shall accompany this Order. IT IS SO ORDERED this 9th day of November, 2020. _________________________________ JAMES M. MOODY, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 1 Dockets.Justia.com

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