Keith Washington v. Minnesota DOC

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: June 3, 2025
• Docket: 24-1962
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 24-1962 ___________________________

Keith Eugene Washington, also known as Monroe Bernard Washington

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Minnesota Department of Corrections, Supervisor Officials, sued in their individual capacities; MCF Oak Park Heights; MCF Stillwater; Lt. Jason R. Hills, Both supervisory officials at MCF-OPH; Sued in their individual capacities; Sgt. Glenn Lisowy, Both supervisory officials at MCF-OPH; Sued in their individual capacities; Andrew Dubois, Special Investigator; MCF-STW-Supervisory Officials; Sued in their individual capacities; Vince Krenz, Intelligence Investigator; MCF-STW-Supervisory Officials; Sued in their individual capacities; Mark J. Uner, Director of Investigations; MCF-STW-Supervisory Officials; Sued in their individual capacities; Sgt. Dan Hilleren, Sued in their individual capacities; Lt. Spets, Sued in their individual capacities; John Quist, Program Director; Sued in their individual capacities; Lisa Stenseth, Associate Warden; Sued in their individual capacities; Sgt. Terra O'Connor, Sued in their individual capacities; Lt. Shane Jones, Sued in their individual capacities; Michelle Smith, Deputy Commissioner; Sued in their individual capacities

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ____________

Submitted: October 24, 2024 Filed: June 3, 2025 [Unpublished] ____________ Before SHEPHERD, KELLY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Keith Washington appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his pro se civil rights action. After careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that the district court properly dismissed the action for failure to state a claim. See Waters v. Madson, 921 F.3d 725, 734 (8th Cir. 2019) (reviewing dismissal for failure to state claim de novo). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Katherine M. Menendez, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Dulce J. Foster, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

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