Koontz v. Payne et al

IN 	THE 	UNITED 	STATES 	DISTRICT 	COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
DELTA 	DIVISION
MORRIS B. KOONTZ
VDOC 	#2302137 	PLAINTIFF
v. 	No. 	2:24-cv-54-DPM-JJV
DEXTER 	PAYNE, 	Director, 	ADC;
WILLIAM 	STRAUGHN, 	Deputy 	Director,
ADC; 	MOSES 	JACKSON, 	Warden,
EARU, 	ADC; 	MICHAEL 	RICHARDSON,
Warden, 	EARU Max Unit, 	ADC; 	M. 	DALE
REED, 	Deputy 	Director, ADC; 	and
CHRISTOPHER 	JOHNSON, 	Deputy
Warden, 	EARU, 	ADC 	DEFENDANTS
ORDER
On 	de 	novo 	review, 	the 	Court 	adopts 	Magistrate 	Judge 	Volpe's
partial 	recommendation, 	Doc. 	100. 	Fed. 	R. Civ. P. 	72(b)(3). 	The 	Court
reads 	Koontz's 	declaration, 	Doc. 104, 	as 	his 	objections 	to 	the 	partial
recommendation and overrules them. 	As 	this 	Court 	said 	in 	an 	earlier
Order, 	Doc. 52 	cit 	1, 	if 	Koontz 	claims 	that the 	ADC 	is 	retaliating 	against
him 	for 	filing 	this 	lawsuit, 	then he 	must 	either file 	a 	motion 	for 	leave 	to
file 	an 	amended 	complaint adding 	a new 	retaliation 	claim 	or 	file 	a new
lawsuit.
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Koontz's 	motion 	for 	injunctive 	relief, 	Doc. 95, 	is 	denied. 	Any 	in
forma 	pauperis 	appeal 	from this Order 	would 	not 	be taken 	in 	good 	faith.
28 	U.S.C. 	§ 	1915(a)(3).
So 	Ordered.
D.P. 	Marshall 	Jr.
United 	States 	District 	Judge
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