Jones v. Reider et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
FORT SMITH DIVISION
AIDEN JONES 	PLAINTIFF
V. 	CASE NO. 2:24-CV-2059
MAYOR DAVID REIDER (City of Clarksville);
CHIEF OF POLICE JEFF ROSS
(Clarksville Police Department);
SERGEANT JONIA SMITH;
SERGEANT NATHAN WARREN;
DETECTIVE CHECK BEAVERS;
and DETECTIVE JEB CLARK 	DEFENDANTS
ORDER
Now before the Court is the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 26) of the
Honorable Mark E. Ford, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of
Arkansas. Fourteen days have passed, and no party filed objections to the Report and
Recommendation.
The Court has reviewed this case and, being well and sufficiently advised, finds
as follows: the Report and Recommendation is proper and is hereby ADOPTED IN ITS
ENTIRETY. Accordingly, upon preservice screening, IT IS ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff’s claims concerning State v. Aiden Jones, Case No. CKC-21-393, are
DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE because they are barred under the Heck doctrine;
2. Plaintiff’s claims concerning Arkansas criminal cases CKC-23-72, 36CR-24-
87, and CKC-24-172 are STAYED under the Younger Abstention Doctrine;
3. Plaintiff’s claims concerning civil case 36CV-24-33 are DISMISSED WITH
PREJUDICE because they are frivolous, malicious, and barred by res judicata;
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4. Plaintiff’s claims concerning civil cases 36CV-24-96 and 36CV-24-97 are
DISMISSED 	WITHOUT 	PREJUDICE 	because 	the 	Court 	declines 	to 	exercise
supplemental jurisdiction over them; and
5. the Clerk is DIRECTED to STAY and ADMINISTRATIVELY TERMINATE this
case.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, in view of the above rulings, the Motion for
Service (Doc. 11) is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED on this 2nd day of January, 2025.
/s/ Timothy L. Brooks
TIMOTHY L. BROOKS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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