IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS NORTHERN DIVISION

DEURSLA LASHAY BARRON PLAINTIFF

v. No: 3:20-cv-00255 DPM-PSH

CHELSIE SPENCE, et al. DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Plaintiff Deursla Lashay Barron filed a pro se complaint pursuant to

on August 27, 2020, while incarcerated at the Craighead County Detention Facility (Doc. No. 2). Barron has been granted in forma pauperis status (Doc. No. 3) and filed an amended complaint (Doc. No. 4). Before docketing the complaint, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Court must review the complaint to identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint if it: (1) is frivolous or malicious; (2) fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted; or (3) seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. In her complaint and amended complaint, Barron complains about multiple issues at the Craighead County Detention Facility. It is difficult, however, to understand what a defendant or defendants did that violated her constitutional rights. The Court directs Barron to file an amended complaint on the § 1983 complaint form that describes how defendants violated her constitutional rights, the specific role each defendant had in the alleged constitutional violations, and the injuries she sustained as a result of the alleged constitutional violations. Barron must also describe only one factually related incident or issue. Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 18, a plaintiff may bring multiple claims, related or not, against a single defendant. To proceed against multiple defendants, plaintiff must satisfy Fed. R. Civ. P. 20, which allows claims against multiple defendants when the claims against them arise out of the same series of occurrences, and present questions of fact common to all defendants.! The Clerk of Court is directed to send a blank § 1983 complaint form to Barron. Barron is cautioned that an amended complaint renders her existing complaints without legal effect; only claims properly set out in the amended complaint will be allowed to proceed. In the event Barron fails to file an amended complaint conforming to this order within thirty days, this case may be dismissed. IT IS SO ORDERED this 15™ day of September, 2020.

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1 See Mosley v. Gen. Motors Corp.,

(8th Cir. 1974) (Rule 20 permits “all reasonably related claims for relief by or against different parties to be tried in a single proceeding.”’); see also Fulghum v. Allen,

at *1 (8th Cir. 2015); Harris vy. Union Pacific R. Co.,

(E.D. Ark. 2013); Langrell v. Union Pacific R. Co.,

(E.D. Ark. 2012).