Damont Ewells v. Rory Griffin

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: October 11, 2023
• Docket: 22-2165
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 22-2165 ___________________________

Damont Ewells,

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant,

v.

Rory Griffin, Deputy Director, Health and Correctional Services, Varner Supermax, ADC; Sondra Parker, Health Services Administrator, Nurse Supervisor, Varner Supermax; Estella Bland, Health Services Provider, Nurse Practitioner, Varner Unit, ADC; Denise Powell, Nurse, ADC; Kayla Hargrave, Nurse, ADC,

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees,

Does, Nurse, ADC,

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant,

Lisa Witherspoon, Nurse,

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee. ____________

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

Submitted: September 28, 2023 Filed: October 11, 2023 [Unpublished] ____________ Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Damont Ewells appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After a careful review, we conclude that the district court did not err in granting judgment for the defendants. See Johnson v. Blaukat, 453 F.3d 1108, 1112 (8th Cir. 2006) (de novo review). Accordingly, we affirm, see 8th Cir. R. 47B, and we deny Ewells’s pending appellate motion. ______________________________

1 The Honorable D.P. Marshall Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable J. Thomas Ray, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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