A federal lawsuit filed by a Mountain Home man alleging that police violated his constitutional rights has been dismissed.
The order to dismiss the case brought by 32-year-old Michael Ransom Hobbs was filed Tuesday. The action was taken, according to the order, because Hobbs had “intentionally failed” to properly prosecute his case.
Initially, many defendants were named in the suit, including the City of Mountain Home and MHPD officer Zack Byrd. All of the defendants, except Byrd and the city, were dropped from the suit.
Earlier, all of the complaints in Hobbs’ lawsuit were dismissed – except the claim that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when Byrd allegedly threatened Hobbs after he refused to turn over his cellphone.
The accusation about threats directed at Hobbs has been denied by the attorney for Byrd and the city.
A report was filed by United State District Judge Timothy Brooks earlier this month in which he recommended the suit be dismissed. He wrote that Hobbs was not complying with court-ordered deadlines and not following the rules of the court.
In the order dismissing the suit, it is noted that none of the parties involved, including Hobbs, had filed objections to the recommendations on a timely basis.
Hobbs has several open criminal cases in Baxter County Circuit Court.
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