Keith Walker v. Iowa Department of Corrections

611 F. App'x 371

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: August 7, 2015
• Docket: 14-3880
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

In this action under the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Pérsons Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc-l to 2000cc-5, Iowa prisoner Herevel Ben-Kushi, also known as Keith Walker (Walker), appeals the district court’s 1 order denying his post-judgment motion asking that the court hold defendants in contempt for violating a 2006 order. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the contempt motion, see Wycoff v. Hedgepeth, 34 F.3d 614, 616 (8th Cir.1994) (standard of review); in denying Walker’s motion for reconsideration, see Swope v. Siegel-Robert, Inc., 243 F.3d 486, 498 (8th Cir.2001) (standard of review); or in denying appointed counsel, see Phillips v. Jasper Cty. Jail, 437 F.3d 791, 794 (8th Cir.2006) (standard of review).

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

1 . The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.