Opinion
4:24-cv-183-DPM
12-10-2024
ALI ALI BEY, PLAINTIFF v. RICHARD SZABAD and TRE DAVIS, Patrol Person, DEFENDANTS
ORDER
D.P. Marshall Jr., United States District Judge
Bey's motion to add the Bryant Police Department and its Chief Carl Minden as defendants, Doc. 17, denied. As previously ruled, the Bryant Police Department is not an entity that can be sued under § 1983, Doc. 5. Ketchum v. City of West Memphis, Arkansas, 974 F.2d 81, 82 (8th Cir. 1992). Bey hasn't pleaded facts showing Chief Minden was personally involved. He hasn't pleaded any facts, other than this incident, to show a plausible claim for failure to train. That event standing alone is not enough. And he hasn't pleaded facts showing an unconstitutional custom or practice. Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009).
So Ordered.