Darryl Briggs v. Charles Allen

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: January 22, 2020
• Docket: 19-2527
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 19-2527 ___________________________

Darryl E. Briggs

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Charles Allen, Sergeant, Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility (originally named as Allen)

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

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

Submitted: January 13, 2020 Filed: January 22, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, ERICKSON, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, Darryl Briggs sued Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility Sergeant Charles Allen, claiming that Allen used excessive force against him while he was incarcerated awaiting transfer to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Briggs appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment.

Upon careful de novo review, we conclude that Allen was entitled to summary judgment because it was beyond genuine dispute that Allen’s use of force did not violate Briggs’s constitutional rights. See Dooley v. Tharp, 856 F.3d 1177, 1181 (8th Cir. 2017) (standard of review); see also Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 6-7 (1992) (unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain constitutes cruel and unusual punishment; whether force is unnecessary and wanton depends on whether it was applied in good faith to restore discipline, or maliciously and sadistically to cause harm); Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs., 436 U.S. 658, 690-92 (1978) (official-capacity claim under § 1983 fails unless official policy or custom caused violation of plaintiff’s rights). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Patricia S. Harris, 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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