Bobby Robertson v. Dexter Payne

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 23-3169 ___________________________

Bobby Lee Robertson

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee

Dale Reed, Director, DOC; William Straughn, Assistant Director, ADC (DOC)

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants

James Gibson, Warden, Varner Supermax, ADC; James Shipman, Warden, Tucker Max Security Unit, ADC, (Former Deputy Warden, Varner Supermax Unit, ADC)

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees

Maurice Culclager, Deputy Warden, Tucker Maximum Security Unit, ADC; Antonio Johnson, Chief of Security, Tucker Maximum Security Unit, ADC; Claudia Harris, Warden, McPherson Unit, (Former Deputy Warden, Tucker Maximum Security Unit, ADC); Cadijah Jackson, Disciplinary Serving Officer, Tucker Maximum Security Unit, ADC; Janice Blake, Disciplinary Hearing Officer, DOC; Raymond Naylor, Disciplinary Hearing Administrator, Internal Affairs; Asa Hutchinson, Governor, State of Arkansas; Solomon Graves, Secretary, Department of Correction; S. Gardner, Sgt./Security Camera Operator/Investigator; Tucker Maximum Security Unit, ADC

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants Floria Washington, Classification Committee; Brandon Carroll, Classification Committee

Yolanda N. Langston, Sgt./Video Camera Operator

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Central ____________

Submitted: July 1, 2024 Filed: July 5, 2024 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Bobby Robertson appeals following the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. After careful de novo review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, this court finds no basis for reversal. See Whitson v. Stone Cnty. Jail, 602 F.3d 920, 923 (8th Cir. 2010) (standard of review). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Jerome T. Kearney, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, to whom the case was referred for final disposition by consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

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