Rolandis Chatmon v. Dexter Payne

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 21-2389 ___________________________

Rolandis Larenzo Chatmon

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant

v.

Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al.

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________

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

Submitted: January 06, 2022 Filed: January 11, 2022 [Unpublished] ____________

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

PER CURIAM. Arkansas inmate Rolandis Chatmon appeals following the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment on his claim that defendants used excessive force against him. We affirm the grant of summary judgment, see Cockram v. Genesco, Inc., 680 F.3d 1046, 1051 (8th Cir. 2012), as Chatmon provided no evidence that any defendants acted maliciously or sadistically, see Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 7 (1992); Ward v. Smith, 844 F.3d 717, 719-22 (8th Cir. 2016); United States v. Miller, 477 F.3d 644, 647 (8th Cir. 2007).

We also conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying Chatmon’s motion to compel. See Vallejo v. Amgen, Inc., 903 F.3d 733, 742 (8th Cir. 2018); Butler v. Fletcher, 465 F.3d 340, 346 (8th Cir. 2006).

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

1 The Honorable James M. Moody Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Beth Deere, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

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