Dale Bryant v. Ray Hobbs

581 F. App'x 602

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: October 28, 2014
• Docket: 14-1478
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

[Unpublished]

PER CURIAM.

Arkansas inmate Dale Bryant appeals the district court’s 1 adverse grant of summary judgment on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims. Having carefully reviewed the record and considered Bryant’s arguments, we find no basis for reversal. See Mack v. Dillon, 594 F.3d 620, 622 (8th Cir.2010) (per curiam) (grant of summary judgment reviewed de novo). Construing Bryant’s notice of appeal liberally, see Hallquist v. United Home Loans, Inc., 715 F.3d 1040, 1044 (8th Cir.2013), we also conclude that the district court did not err in its earlier dismissals of defendants Ray Hobbs, Wendy Kelley, Michael Person, and Roland Anderson, see Cooper v. Schriro, 189 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir.1999) (per curiam) (preservice dismissal reviewed de novo); Edwards v. Edwards, 754 F.2d 298, 299 (8th Cir.1985) (per curiam) (dismissal for failure to serve reviewed for abuse of discretion); or its denial of Bryant’s motions for appointment of counsel and to compel production of documents, see Phillips v. Jasper County Jail, 437 F.3d 791, 794 (8th Cir.2006) (denial of appointment of counsel reviewed for abuse of discretion); Stuart v. Gen. Motors Corp., 217 F.3d 621, 630 (8th Cir.2000) (denial of motion to compel reviewed for gross abuse of discretion).

The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

1 . The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Jerome T. Kearney, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.