Rodney Jackson v. Gary Maynard

Filing 920091009

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

___________ No. 08-2671 ___________ Rodney Jackson, * * Appellant, * * v. * * Dr. Dunham, Dentist at Clarinda * Correctional Facility, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States Mike Foehring; Shawn Howard, * District Court for the Treatment Director; Steve Jenkins, * Southern District of Iowa. Deputy Superintendent of Clarinda * Correctional Facility; Mark Lund, * [UNPUBLISHED] Superintendent of the Clarinda * Correctional Facility; Gary Maynard, * Director of the Iowa Department of * Corrections; Deb Murray; Ellen * Polland; Brad Richards, Administrative * Law Judge; Correctional Officer Riley, * * Defendants, * * Lauri Wilmes, Dental Assistant at the * Clarinda Correctional Facility, * * Appellee. *

___________ Submitted: September 4, 2009 Filed: October 9, 2009 ___________ Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Rodney Jackson appeals the district court's1 adverse grant of summary judgment in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Upon de novo review, see Ramlet v. E.F. Johnson Co., 507 F.3d 1149, 1152 (8th Cir. 2007), we hold that summary judgment was properly granted. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Thomas Shields, United States Magistrate for the Southern District of Iowa. -2-

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