James Steeles v. Dr. Carl Doerhoff

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: November 5, 2021
• Docket: 20-3429
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 20-3429 ___________________________

James Steeles

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Dr. Carl Doerhoff

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City ____________

Submitted: November 1, 2021 Filed: November 5, 2021 [Unpublished] ____________

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

PER CURIAM.

Missouri inmate James Steeles appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim that Dr. Carl Doerhoff violated his Eighth Amendment rights,

1 The Honorable Stephen R. Bough, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. and engaged in medical malpractice under state law, by performing a defective hernia surgery in January 2019. We conclude the district court did not err in dismissing the action. Steeles merely alleged that Dr. Doerhoff was negligent in performing the surgery, which did not amount to an Eighth Amendment violation, see Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976); and the court was permitted to decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claim upon dismissing the federal claim, see 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3); Gibson v. Weber, 433 F.3d 642 (8th Cir. 2006).

Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

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