4:25-cv-01195
E.D. Ark.
Mar 10, 2026

JUSTIN ANTHONY SHUTES v. FLORIDA WASHINGTON, MAURICE CULCLAGER, JARED BYERS, and DEXTER PAYNE

No. 4:25-cv-1195-DPM-ERE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION

March 10, 2026

JUSTIN ANTHONY SHUTES ADC #151537 PLAINTIFF

v.

FLORIDA WASHINGTON, Classification Manager, VSM, Arkansas Department of Correction; MAURICE CULCLAGER, Deputy Warden, VSM, Arkansas Department of Correction; JARED BYERS, Superintendent, VSM, Arkansas Department of Correction; and DEXTER PAYNE, Chief Director, Arkansas Department of Correction DEFENDANTS

ORDER

On de novo review, the Court adopts Magistrate Judge Ervin‘s recommendation, Doc. 10, and overrules Shutes‘s objections, Doc. 14. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3). Shutes‘s due process claim against Washington proceeds. His remaining claims are dismissed without prejudice based on improper joinder and for failure to state a plausible constitutional claim. The Court instructs the Clerk to terminate Warden Culclager, Superintendent Byers, and Director Payne as defendants.

So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr.

United States District Judge

10 March 2026